What led to the decline of the mughal empire?
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Beginning of the decline of the Mughal Empire can be traced to the strong rule of Aurangzeb.Aurangzeb inherited a large empire, yet he adopted a policy of extending it further to the farthest geographical limits in the south at the great expense of men and materials. In reality, the existing means of communication and the economic and political structure of the country made it difficult to establish a stable centralized administration over all parts of the country.
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The following are the reasons that led to the decline of the Mughals:-
1. The Nature and Policies of Aurangzeb-
Aurangzeb was once partially accountable for the downfall of the Mughal Empire. The suspicious nature of Aurangzeb which did not allow both any of his sons or nobles to grow to be capable; his spiritual bigotry which lost him the loyalty of the majority of his topics and resulted in the revolts of the Jats, the Satnamis and the Sikhs.
2. The Incapability of the Later Mughals-
The successors of Aurangzeb proved incapable and degenerate. That sealed the destiny of the Empire. After Aurangzeb, no Mughal emperor rightly deserved to be an emperor. Most of them have been addicted to wine and women.
3. The Corruption of the Nobility-
The Mughal blue blood followed in the footsteps of their licentious emperors. There was once total absence of successful nobles throughout the rule of the Later Mughals.
4. Military Weakness-
The corporation of the Mughal military alongside feudal lines, the exercise of taking wives, concubines, and slave-girls on the war –field and the failure of the Emperors to improve armaments and struggle strategies weakened and demoralized the Mughal army.
5. Economic Bankruptcy-
The reign of Shah Jahan marked the opening of the deterioration of the economy of the Empire. The revolts, the wars in the Deccan and forget about the administration of the North during the reign of Aurangzeb, put an extra burden on the resources of the Empire.