Aurangzeb (Aalamgir) has been the most misrepresented and misinterpreted Sultan of modern history. His rule has been portrayed as a pit of evil by indian historians and this one sided assault had tarnished his image to a large extent. Aurangzebs reign was marked by (+)

increased Military activities and he laid special emphasis on Islamic knowledge. He had disputes with his father over the construction of Taj Mahal because for him it was against the teachings of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He also established Fatwa_e_Aalamgiri, which was a (+)

Collection of religious decrees based on the teachings of Hanafi school of Islamic fiqh and these decrees were directed towards catering the needs of indian Muslims and for this he brought hundreds of Islamic scholars together. Akbar's Deen_i_Illahi had affected that (+)

Universal message of Islam greatly and his advocacy of Islam was as per his tastes whereby he almost neglected that islam is monotheistic and Hinduism is polytheistic and these two faiths are like two poles apart. Aurangzeb worked towards reviving the original islam which (+)

Would have been free from Akbar's cross cultural influence. Aurangzeb established Islamic shariah as the law of India and this made him really popular among indian Muslims. The taxes which were not in line with this were abolished and which were in consonance with it were (+)

Levied. Over the period of time his image has been reduced to a bigot who was nothing but an iconoclast. At that time the temples were not merely places of worship but also political center's. The heads of these temple's were working as political advocates of Aurangzeb(+)

In their respective political jurisdictions. But these heads sometimes used to turn the tables against Mughals and render to revolt. The temples which were destroyed by Aurangzeb correspond to political revolt against Mughal rule led by temple officials, a trend that increased +

His reign because he believed in the pure Islam instead of Akbar's Deen_i_Illahi. These revolts increased especially with the creation of Maratha Confederacy that arose in the late 1600s. Thus for Mughals destroying these temple's wasn't religious oppression but (+)

Directed towards a completely different goal, political survival. Infact during his rule many new temple's were constructed and many of his ministers were Hindu's. some people are not cruel but historian's portray them as per their own biases and his case was also the same.