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Following the death of Aurangzeb, the Mughal Empire fell into decline and local princes fought for control of the empire. The British East India Company used the wars between local princes to...
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- Legacy of the Mughal Dynasty
- Intolerance and Oppression
- Economic Difficulties
- Territorial Losses
- Rising British Influence
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The Mughals built one of the greatest empires of their time and had a lasting influence on Indian history and culture. The dynasty was notable for its more than two centuries of effective rule over much of India, for the ability of its rulers, and for its administrative organization. The Mughal emperors notably promoted art and learning. Mughal arc...
Mughal emperors were known for reconciling with the peoples they conquered and including them in their government and military. However, in the latter decades of the empire, Mughal emperors became more autocratic and intolerant. Hindus and other groups were regarded as inferiors, excluded from the Mughal court, and heavily taxed. Religious intolera...
During Aurangzeb’s reign (1658–1707), the economy of the Mughal Empire began to decline. The heavy taxes he levied impoverished the farming population. At the same time there was a steady decay in the quality of Mughal government. Later emperors showed little desire to govern or to invest their money in agriculture, technology, or the military. Som...
At its height the Mughal Empire encompassed most of Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent. By 1719, when Muḥammad Shah took the throne, the empire had already begun to break up. The process was hastened by dynastic warfare, factional rivalries, and the Iranian conqueror Nādir Shāh’s brief but disruptive invasion of northern India in 1739. After t...
The British East India Company, founded in 1600, was initially interested in only trade with the Mughal Empire. As the empire weakened, however, the British exerted more influence over Mughal rulers. In 1757 British forces defeated the nawab (ruler) of Bengal and French forces at the Battle of Plassey (Palashi). The East India Company thereafter took political control of much of the Indian subcontinent. Although Mughal emperors maintained their thrones, they had little real power. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857–59, the British exiled the last Mughal emperor.
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Aug 3, 2024 · When did the Mughal Empire end? The Mughal Empire began to decline in the 18th century, during the reign of Muḥammad Shah (1719–48). Much of its territory fell under the control of the Marathas and then the British.
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The decline of the Mughal Empire was a period in Indian history roughly between the early 18th century and mid 19th Century where the Mughal Empire, which once dominated the subcontinent, experienced a large scale decline.
Causes include: 1) The despotic reign of rulers such as Aurangzeb, who instituted draconian religious policies. Arguably the greatest Mughal Emperor, Akbar was a shrewd and progressive ruler...
Meanwhile, some regional polities within the increasingly fragmented Mughal Empire, involved themselves and the state in global conflicts, leading only to defeat and loss of territory during the Carnatic Wars and the Bengal War.
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In this conflict the Mughals, although kings, were scarcely to be viewed as emperors. They fought, sometimes against overwhelming odds, to create a Mughal domain in the rich Indo-Gangetic plain of north India.
