Guest guest Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Dear Pandits, The following are Emperor Aurangzeb's birth charts. Nov.3, 1618,13.59 (5.08east)77e12 28n36. As far as my limited knowledge goes, he seems to have gajakesari, bhadra and neechabhanga raja yogas. all of them exceptional yogas, I reckon. But sun and mars are debilitated. What are the factors that made him a great king? is it GY, which is supposed to give leadership qualities? He is supposed to be the greatest king to have ruled India, perhaps the only king to have conquered the whole of India. Others like maurya were restricted to certain regions. But Aurangzeb conquered whole India quite easily, and also ruled it for many, many years, suppressing revolts and winning battles with relative ease. Ketu in 5 and rahu 12, was that why he was extremely religious? All this is rather exceptional, so I hope learned members can throw some light on what made him a great king and religious at the same time. Because that's a rare combination. Not all kings are spiritual and not all spiritual people are wealthy. Regards, Suresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Hello, He sure was a successful king in many ways as we define success in wordly ways and from his perspective. Greatness is another thing. He was cruel, killed his three (?) brothers including the legit heir Dara Shikoh, the great art patron, to ascend throne. He imposed a tax called Zazia. It had to be paid by all those who pursued the Hindu religion, in the land of Hindus itself!! So he was not 'religious' but a fanatic muslim who encouraged/coerced conversion to Islam through his policies. Even by wordly standards, he had a very hard time holding on to Deccan where Marathas and others kept challenging him and eventually broke free of Mughal empire. In these Deccan battle all the looted wealth by Mughals was drained and later lead to its falling apart and becoming three or four major regional powers instead of one central empire. Perhaps the word great can be used more appropriately for Akbar if one insists on it. But then we call all those who killed great. That includes Askoka, Alexandar, Napolean etc. You kill just one, you go to jail. You kill some more, you become a political leader. You kill masses, you become a king!! But the guy did obviously have some leadership skills. For those who have access to Netflix check you a title ' Mugals: warriors of India' or something like that. It's in english and has some terrific info on the technology of the time. cheers Shiva Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Shiva ji, I should have read your posted response before I posted mine just now :-) You covered all facts but this zazia sounds so similar to the discriminating ruling in South Africa where indians had to carry ID papers and had to be fingerprinted. The very thing that became Gandhiji's first 'project' and led to the exit of British Rule from India. How soon we forget history and the revival of Nazi-thinking in different shapes and forms is another spine-chilling reminder of why mankind should do global worship of moon (memory), mercury(buddhi) and jupiter (wisdom) on a regular basis!! LORD SAVE US!! RR , Azaad <theblisswithin wrote: > > Hello, > > He sure was a successful king in many ways as we define success in wordly ways and from his perspective. Greatness is another thing. He was cruel, killed his three (?) brothers including the legit heir Dara Shikoh, the great art patron, to ascend throne. He imposed a tax called Zazia. It had to be paid by all those who pursued the Hindu religion, in the land of Hindus itself!! So he was not 'religious' but a fanatic muslim who encouraged/coerced conversion to Islam through his policies. > > Even by wordly standards, he had a very hard time holding on to Deccan where Marathas and others kept challenging him and eventually broke free of Mughal empire. In these Deccan battle all the looted wealth by Mughals was drained and later lead to its falling apart and becoming three or four major regional powers instead of one central empire. Perhaps the word great can be used more appropriately for Akbar if one insists on it. > But then we call all those who killed great. That includes Askoka, Alexandar, Napolean etc. You kill just one, you go to jail. You kill some more, you become a political leader. You kill masses, you become a king!! > But the guy did obviously have some leadership skills. For those who have access to Netflix check you a title ' Mugals: warriors of India' or something like that. It's in english and has some terrific info on the technology of the time. > cheers > Shiva > > > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail beta. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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