1 January 1705. Aurangzeb ordered to demolish the temple of Pandharpur and to take the butchers of the camp there and slaughter cows in the temple... It was done. (Jadunath Sarkar, History of Aurangzib, Calcutta: SC Sarkar, 1928, p. 286) #Mughals
9 April 1669 Aurangzeb ordered the governors of all the provinces to demolish the schools and temples of the infidels and strongly put down their teaching and religious practices.” (Masir-i-Alamgiri, p. 81) #Mughal
Aurangzeb ordered the demolition of the Temple at Mathura known as the Dehra of Keshav Rai in January 1670. His officers accomplished it in a short lime. A grand mosque was built on its site at a vast expenditure. (Jadunath Sarkar, History of Aurangzib, pp. 282-83)
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