For Hindu audience in this thread I have a few comments to make :
1. It is my view that even before independence in 1947 , the hindu historians were synthesizing false history and events of 1947 forced both Congress and Hindu mahasabha to write wrong history as the correct history could remove the Nehru dynasty from power taking congress with it. The book by Jaswanth singh is one such episode pointing to this .
2. The Hindus try to project that Marhattas for instance were indigenous freedom fighters born out of excesses of Moguls esp Aurengzeb. A recent cambridge history nullifies that view and feels that Marhattas were sepoy clans of the Shiite regimes of Southern india and so their ascension is not popular revolution but rather a routine of history, I.e hired soldiers ultimately taking over regimes themselves.
3.British historians of last century were uninfluenced by current Hindu version of history and their view for example of Aurengzeb was of a principled , great king , infact British historians are of the view that Muslim rulers of India enhanced the status of Brahmins in India at the expense of Khastriya and one can guess when Auregzeb shifted for taxation from share in tributes from idol temples to Jizya the Brahmins must have been happy.
4. This needs ascertainment but that large city Hindu traders must have benefited from Muslim rule as for example it could enhance the trade both via land and sea as the world outiside india was a Muslim dominated world from Morroco to Indonesia .
5. Then although Muslim rule always helped Islam but KING of ancient time was a different concept , he was a father , loyalty to king transcended the faiths , so Hindu general in Muslim army or a Muslim to be the most influential man in Kublai Khan's court or Ranjit Lahore's corp commander to be Muslim and personal secretary of Ranjit to be Faqir Brothers has to be seen in different context.
6. The indian Hindu of today is not the same species as it was 1000 years back or even before 1947. Before Partition a Hindu of caste would not even buy an edible from Muslim Shop , today they in large cities dine with you .and act modern but not all do this .
7. Regarding revenue cessation , this was taken as sign of disloyalty and declaration of independence and needed Military invasion again . Even today if Bombay stops paying federal taxes will Indian army not invade .It will.
8. Element of Loot or Ghinamat in war was the order of the day with every conquerer , With no industry the main income source for barren land occupants was trade , labour , loot or sell slaves or else die of hunger . Selling slaves , making slaves , is a good example of making profit out of nothing . It is true that extortion by Muslim rulers was reported from time to time and hardly a few were interested in imposing serious Sharia law , many were drunkards like Jahangir .
9 .Hindus must have benefitted from being part of large empires of Muslims as in those anarchic times like many other places Hindus might have preffered to be part of large administrative systems and offcourse Hindu clerks and collectors did collect revenues as officers of moghal state even a century after Aurengzeb died and spoke persian and even the much Celebrated in India Marhattas according to Cambridge history collected revenues for moghuls for a quarter share and for decades the tarrif was more for Hindus and they collected it .
So Hindus should not try to sythesize history and accept mentally that Muslim invaders were indeed conquerers of a highest order and local indian population was not a match . We do not and will not say that Atom was discovered by any Muslim say some Mr.Kamran and neither should India fund Pakistani media to teach false history to us via Geo /Jang or the news and CJ Iftikhar should not protect such persons or institutions .
Hindus have to accept that for 800 years they lived in a world dominated by Muslims and Islam in this part of the world and to a great extent elsewhere. And yes they were Zimmis cum partners of the systems put in place by the overlords , the Muslims . They should be proud of this partnership , atleast they worked with persons who believed in equality of human beings in theory atleast.