Question

What was one of the things that many Rajput lords and kings did to get high positions in the Mughal Empire?​

Answer 1

He defeated the various Sultans in India and fought the Turkic Mughals of Ferghana. Maharana Pratap of Mewar, a 16th-century Rajput ruler

Answer 2

Before the Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent, much of northern and western India was being ruled by Rajput dynasties. The Rajput kingdoms contended with the rising and expansionist empires of the Muslim world, be they Arabs, Turks, Pashtuns, or Mughals. The Rajputs held out against the Caliphates and Central Asian empires for several centuries.