Question

after aurenjeb why did the mughal empire decline

Answer 1

Answer:

The death of Aurangzeb in 1707 marked the beginning of the end of the Mughal Empire. Of course, the Mughal emperors reigned till 1857 but only in name. The successors of Aurangzeb, called the Later Mughals, lost hold over the Empire and independent kingdoms grew up in every part of India. Most of the Later Mughal emperors remained puppets in the hands to their powerful nobles or pensioners of the Marathas and, later on, of the British. The last Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shaah II, was deposed by the British after the revolt of 1857 and deported to Rangoon to die their as a prisoner. Various factors contributed to the downfall and extinction of the Mughal Empire.