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“The political disintegration was responsible for the socio-economic decline in India during the 18th century.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2017
  • The Eighteenth Century

The eighteenth century opened with the unravelling of nearly two centuries of Mughal centralised authority into a mosaic of successor, rebel, and independent states.

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  • The Case That Political Disintegration Caused Decline
  • The Case Against Reading Disintegration as Simple Decline
  • Uneven Geography of Decline and Growth

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