How many mughal provinces were there under akbar and aurangzeb respectively?
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According to Ain A Akbari, there were 12 provinces during Akbar's time. Later, this number was joined to merge three provinces, Brar, Ahmednagar and Khandesh. So this number is 15.
At Shahjahan, Kashmir, Thtta and Orissa were made new states. So this number is 18.
In the time of Aurangzeb there is a difference of scholars (historians) about the number of provinces.
At the time of Aurangzeb the number of provinces was 20, it was mentioned by Harishchandravarma, LP Sharma.
Bijapur in 1686 and Golconda in 1687 merged in the Mughal Empire.
Datta, Rai Choudhary and Majumdar and VK Agnihotri have given it number 21. These scholars have described the state which was won by Shanbaji as a province.
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