Aurangzeb

Biography

Won the throne over his brothers, executed Dara Shikoh. Pious, austere, personal Quran copying, he banned music at court, reimposed jizya, temple destructions. The Deccan wars, 25 years against the Marathas, Sambhaji, drained the treasury. The empire at its largest at his death, and immediately fracturing, Marathas, Sikhs, Rajputs, Persians. The long reign, 49 years, the Mughal twilight beginning at high noon.