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“Akbar built the Mughal Empire by enlisting the support of the Rajputs, Aurangzeb destroyed it by alienating the Rajputs.” Discuss critically.

  • UPSC 2007
  • Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

The proposition captures a real and significant shift in Mughal-Rajput relations across the seventeenth century, but stated as a simple mirror-image symmetry it overstates both halves of the claim.

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  • Akbar's Rajput Policy: From Political Coalition to Partnership
  • Building the Empire: The Alliance in Context
  • Aurangzeb and the Rathor-Sisodia Alienation
  • A Critical Qualification: The Limits of "Alienation"
  • Weighing the Rajput Factor Against Other Causes of Decline

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