UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1979 · Q7 · 60 marks
In which respects did the policies of Aurangzeb contribute to the disintegration of the Mughal empire?
- Chapter
- The Eighteenth Century
- Topic
- Decline of the Mughal Empire
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