Aurangzeb, also spelled Aurangzib was born November 3, 1618, Dhod, Malwa india Aurangzeb died on March 3, 1707.

The  emperor of India from 1658 to 1707, the last of the great Mughal emperors Aurangzeb, under whom the Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent, although his policies helped lead to its dissolution.

Aurangzeb was the 3rd son of the emperor Shah Jahān & Mumtaz Mahal. He grew up as a serious-minded and devout youth, wedded to the Muslim orthodoxy of the day and free from the royal Mughal traits of sensuality and drunkenness. 

Aurangzeb showed signs of military and administrative ability early; these qualities, combined with a taste for power, brought him into rivalry with his eldest brother, the brilliant and volatile Dārā Shikōh, who was designated by their father as his successor to the throne

Read the Top quotes of Aurangzeb: 

"No age is wanting in able men; it is the duty of wise masters to find them out, win them over, and get work done by means of them, without listening to the calumnies of selfish men against them" - Aurangzeb

"Strange, that I came into the world with nothing, and now I am going away with this stupendous caravan of sin! Wherever I look, I see only God... I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me" - Aurangzeb

"I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing" - Aurangzeb

"The demolition of a Temple is possible at any time, as it cannot walk away from its place" - Aurangzeb

"I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me' -   Aurangzeb

"Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartly exertions in support of Islam and their ancestor Muhammad the Lord of Apostles" - Aurangzeb

"The houses of this country (Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet-men of the Govt. in the course of my marching do not get sufficient strength and power (i.e. time) to destroy and raze the temples of the infidels that meet the eye on the way" - Aurangzeb

"Let two Kaftans of honor for the two brothers be issued from my wardrobe and let them be sent with two swords, jewel-hilted and provided with pearl mounted belts, let Jamdat-ul-Mulk write much praise and congratulations when sending these presents" - Aurangzeb