text: Perhaps the Muslim conquerors once perceived the Hindus ' reverence for Varanasi as a threat there is no temple in this 3,000-year-old city dating from before the 18th century but later it became a holy city for Muslims , too , with Emperor Aurangzeb even trying to rename it Muhammadabad .
  
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  Emperor Aurangzeb made an attempt to rename the city as Muhammadabad .