“The Indian vessels, a contemporary British observer wrote, ‘united elegance and utility and are models of patience [sic] and fine workmanship.’ Indian workers were considered expert in all shipbuilding materials—wood, iron and brass”
― An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
― An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
“India, under Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, accounts for 27 per cent of the world economy.”
― An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
― An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
“(it is striking that when slavery was abolished, the British government paid compensation, not to the men and women so inhumanely pressed into bondage, but to their former owners, for their ‘loss of property’!)”
― An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
― An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
“[Ellora] is one of the finely crafted marvels of the real, transcendent Artisan [i.e., God]. —Aurangzeb describing the Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist temples at Ellora”
― Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth
― Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth
“Aurangzeb Shah is a brave and powerful king’ (mardano aur mahabali aurangasahi naranda).”
― Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth
― Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth
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