Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707), the last of the…
1540 CE to 1683 CE
During his fifty-year reign, the empire reaches its utmost physical limit but also witnesses the unmistakable symptoms of decline.
The bureaucracy has grown bloated and excessively corrupt, and the huge and unwieldy army demonstrates outdated weaponry and tactics.
Aurangzeb is not the ruler to restore the dynasty's declining fortunes or glory.
Awe-inspiring but lacking in the charisma needed to attract outstanding lieutenants, he is driven to extend Mughal rule over most of South Asia and to reestablish Islamic orthodoxy by adopting a reactionary attitude toward those Muslims whom he has suspected of compromising their faith.
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