Muhyuddin Aurangzeb Aurangzeb was in his fortieth year when he deposed his father. He ascended the throne of Delhi in 1658. He restored the Arabic luner months and prohibited the use of wine. He abolished singing, dancing, and buffonery, and as a result singers and musicians were reduced to starvation. He discouraged the teaching of the Hindus and burnt many of their temples. About three hundred temples in various parts of Rajputana were destroyed and their idols broken. About the year 1690, the emperor issued an edict prohibiting Hindus from being carried in palanquins and riding on Arab horses.

Conquests and Expeditions Aurangzeb conquered the kingdoms of Golconda and Bijapur. Throughout the Mahomedan world, the emperor was held in the highest respect, and his capital was attended by ambassadors from Mecca, Arabia, and Uzbeks. During his summer visits to Kashmir, Aurangzeb indulged in the society of his ladies, who pleased him with flattery and caresses. Around 1672, Santa Ramis, a sect of Hindu devotees, had risen in revolt. However, the royal troops defeated the insurgents and massacred in cold blood the male inhabitants. Women and children were seized and sold as slaves. Aurangzeb died in his camp at Ahmadnagar, in 1707, at the age of eighty-nine, in the fiftieth year of his reign.