Describe some accounts of Aurangzeb's early days of rule?
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Aurangzeb was noted for his religious piety; he memorized the entire Quran, studied hadiths and stringently observed the rituals of Islam.[19][20] Unlike his predecessors, including his father Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb considered the royal treasury to be held in trust for the citizens of his empire.[20][page needed][21][page needed] He did not enjoy a luxurious life and his personal expenses and constructions of small mosques were covered by his own earnings, which included the sewing of caps and trade of his written copies of the Quran.[22][23] He also patronized works of Islamic and Arabic calligraphy.[24]
Aurangzeb has been subject to criticism. Critics argue that his policies abandoned his predecessors' legacy of pluralism and religious tolerance, citing his introduction of the jizya tax and other policies based on Islamic ethics, demolition of Hindu temples, the executions of his elder brother Dara Shikoh, Maratha king Sambhaji[25][26] and the Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur,[27][28][a] and the prohibition and supervision of behaviour and activities that are forbidden in Islam such as music, gambling, fornication, and consumption of alcohol and narcotics.[29][30] Some historians question the historicity of the claims of his critics, arguing that his destruction of temples has been exaggerated,[31][32] and noting that he also built temples,[33] paid for their maintenance,[34][page needed] employed significantly more Hindus in his imperial bureaucracy than his predecessors did, and opposed bigotry against Hindus and Shia Muslims.[35]