When Jahangir learnt that the Hindus and Muslims intermarried freely in Kashmir, "and both give and take girls, (he ordered that) taking them is good but giving them, God forbid”. And any violation of this order was to be visited with capital punishment. (Jahangir)

When Jahangir learnt that the Hindus and Muslims intermarried freely in Kashmir, "and both give and take girls, (he ordered that) taking them is good but giving them, God forbid”. And any violation of this order was to be visited with capital punishment.

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