So let’s know about the 10 most cruel emperors in the Indian history
1. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Firuz Shah was the head of the Tughlaq and ruled for about 37 years
over the Sultanate of Delhi. Slavery was a very common thing under his
reign and even when he died, all the slaves under him were executed by
him. He also destroyed many Hindu temples and he believed in Islam and
imposed Islamic religion over all forcefully, and also made women and
children his slaves after shredding the blood of the men in their
family.
2. Pushyamitra Shunga
Pushyamitra Shunga killed the last Mauryan king Brihadratha and sat
on the throne, under his rule, he exterminated all the Buddhists and
also their scriptures and scriptures. He followed this cruel policy for a
very long time.
3. Mihirakula
Mihirakula owned the Hepthalite empire and when Mihirakula was
released he’d set up a revolt against the king of Kashmir and started
destroying all the Buddhists and their monasteries. Buddhists now also
say that he was a terrible prosecutor of their religion.
4. Alauddin Khilji
Khilji is said to be one of the most powerful and influential rulers
in the history and ruled over the Sultanate of Delhi and was the second
ruler of the Khilji dynasty. After his successful invasion over the
Mongol’s, he slaughtered their every man in a single day(around 30000
men) and kept their women and children as his slaves. For him keeping
women as his slaves was a very ordinary thing.
5. Ashoka
Emperor Ashoka is one of the greatest kings in the history of India
but did you know that he created a torture chamber under his rule? Well
yes, that chamber is considered as five stages of torture of Buddhist
hell. In the war against Kalinga, he killed almost 200 thousand people
in order to embrace Buddhism.
6. Tipu Sultan
He was Hyder Ali’s son and Tipu Sultan was named as the Tiger of
Mysore. He was against the Kodava Hindus and captivated 85 thousand
Kodavas under him and tortured them to follow Islam and those who didn’t
follow his policy were executed.
7. Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb was the last ruler of Mughals who was effective and was
Shah Jahan’s third son and was a very cruel emperor. He destroyed many
temples and Hindu buildings and started a policy of not touching any
temple and banned any new Hindu building to be built. He forced people
under his rule to follow Islam and it is said that he killed 5 million
people under his successor, and also accused of capturing and
imprisoning his own father.
8. Shah Jahan
It is believed that Shah Jahan had cut the hands of every man who
contributed for building Taj Mahal, but some say its a myth. He followed
the policy of Islam and forced Islam religion on everyone under his
rule and banned any building of a new temple and also banned the
marriage between Hindu and Muslim, though his father Akbar married a
Rajput princess, Jodha.
9. Akbar
Though he is known to be a very good king, he also had a cruel side
and when he won over Chittorgarh he made a mountain of skulls and
numerous people were killed in order to build that mountain. He also
asked for the heads of the enemies after his victory over Chittorgarh.
10. Sikandar Butshikan
He is Known as the cruelest emperor of the ancient history and
followed Islam and hated Hindu and Buddhists a lot. He stopped people
Hindus and Buddhists to cremate their dead ones and imposed Islamic laws
on them and banned any kind of Hindu activity and banned people from
entering into temples or any other Hindu holy place. Those who went
against his policies were brutally killed.
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