10-24-2005, 06:35 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-PC Guleria+Oct 23 2005, 07:03 PM-->QUOTE(PC Guleria @ Oct 23 2005, 07:03 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Rajas of the Jammu and Kangra hills joined in the campaigns of the Mughal armies.
The same Rajrup's foot-musketeers climbed the steep Gokla hill and turned Prince Dara Shikoh's position, ensuring his defeat near Ajmer in 1659.
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Could you help ?
In the battle, you refer to, were these Kangra/Jammu rajputs not fighting on behalf of Aurangzeb, against Dara Shikoh?
If I am not entirely mistaken, Dara Shikoh supported Hinduism, studied the vedas, donated money to build and maintain temples, including the Keshava Rai temple at Mathura ( which Aurangzeb destroyed in 1669 AD).
Why were these Jammu/Kangra 'rajput' Hindus fighting for the Muslims in places as diverse as Central Asia, and Rajastan?
Ravi
The same Rajrup's foot-musketeers climbed the steep Gokla hill and turned Prince Dara Shikoh's position, ensuring his defeat near Ajmer in 1659.
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Could you help ?
In the battle, you refer to, were these Kangra/Jammu rajputs not fighting on behalf of Aurangzeb, against Dara Shikoh?
If I am not entirely mistaken, Dara Shikoh supported Hinduism, studied the vedas, donated money to build and maintain temples, including the Keshava Rai temple at Mathura ( which Aurangzeb destroyed in 1669 AD).
Why were these Jammu/Kangra 'rajput' Hindus fighting for the Muslims in places as diverse as Central Asia, and Rajastan?
Ravi
