Yes, Eco he was pious and never used public money. However his 'spread islam by using sword' was not taken lightly by the hindu radicals and thus were born such organizations out of panic. Auranjeb is believed to give gold coins for every 'janeu - holy thread worn by hindu pandits' presented to him after converting them into muslims. But no doubt he was a great ruler and a disciplined one. He was the only ruler who had a time table of some sort and prayed 5 times.