Aurangzeb biography book
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Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King
In it, Professor Zinn writes about the genocide of Cristopher Columbus’s genocide in America.
“My point is not that we must, in telling history, accuse, judge, condemn Columbus in absentia.
Aurangzeb biography book
It is too late for that. It would be a useless scholarly exercise in morality”
Nicely put.
In her brief treatise on Aurangzeb, Audrey Truschke expresses similar sentiments.
“Historians seek to comprehend people on their own terms, as products of particular times and places, and explain their actions and impacts.” In my humble opinion, while the “comprehending” part may be interesting, the “actions and impacts” part is more important.
From history we learn our past, so that we can shape our future from that learning. Towards that it is important to understand past policies and actions and their