How to Build a Villain: Aurangzeb, Temple Destruction, and His Modern Reputation

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dc.citation.firstpage51
dc.citation.issueNumberSpring
dc.citation.journalTitleRice Historical Review
dc.citation.lastpage60
dc.citation.volumeNumber3
dc.contributor.authorMurdoch, Maximilian F.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-07T13:16:27Z
dc.date.available2018-06-07T13:16:27Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionThis paper was written in Spatial History and Historical GIS (HIST 207), taught by Mr. Kennedy.
dc.description.abstractThis paper is a study of the spatial relationship between temples destroyed in the reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (1618-1707) and other significant spatial characteristics of the Mughal Empire in his time, including its southern border and the geographic distribution of religious groups. It also places these relationships in the context of the contemporary political narrative as well the current one. Using an ArcGIS project built to explore the spatial relationship, this paper tests the hypothesis that temple destruction under Aurangzeb was religiously motivated, and concludes that this hypothesis ought to be rejected. Work from other scholars in the field illustrates why this hypothesis is none the less deeply ingrained in India’s modern political landscape, and how that came to pass.
dc.description.sponsorshipRice History Department
dc.format.extent10 pp
dc.identifier.citationMurdoch, Maximilian F.. "How to Build a Villain: Aurangzeb, Temple Destruction, and His Modern Reputation." <i>Rice Historical Review,</i> 3, no. Spring (2018) Rice University: 51-60. https://doi.org/10.25611/bkfk-ym46.
dc.identifier.digitalMurdoch-RHR-2018-Spring
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/bkfk-ym46
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/101530
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRice University
dc.relation.IsPartOfSeriesSpring 2018
dc.titleHow to Build a Villain: Aurangzeb, Temple Destruction, and His Modern Reputation
dc.typeJournal article
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