Ruler # 1. Babur: All modern historians have assigned a highly respectable place to Babur in history. V.A. Smith wrote- "Babur was the most brilliant Asiatic prince of the age, and worthy of a high place among the sovereigns of any age or country." Havell described him as "the most attractive figure in the history of Islam," while Erskine commented- [...]
In this article we will discuss about the disintegration and fall of Mughul empire. Disintegration (1707-1740 A.D.) of the Mughul Empire: The death of Aurangzeb in 1707 A.D. marked the end of the glory of the Mughul empire. Of course, the process of disintegration of the Empire began during the reign of Aurangzeb, yet, the conditions were not so deplorable [...]
With the gradual weakening and decline of the Mughal Empire, local and regional political and economic forces began to arise and assert themselves and politics began to undergo major changes from the late seventeenth century onwards. During the eighteenth century, on the debris of the Mughal Empire and its political system, rose a large number of independent and semi-independent powers [...]