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It was as much the court intrigues as also the defiance of the provincial powers that hastened the decline of the Mughals in the 18th Century. Comment.

  • UPSC 2019
  • The Eighteenth Century

The statement identifies two distinct but mutually reinforcing solvents of Mughal power in the eighteenth century — corrosion from within the court and defection from the provinces.

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  • Court Intrigues: Power Struggles at the Centre
  • Defiance of the Provincial Powers
  • Were the Two Forces Truly Co-Equal?
  • Locating These Causes Within the Wider Decline

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