UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1994 · Q8 · 60 marks
‘Aurangzeb is a much maligned monarch.‛ Argue the case for and against the proposition.
- Chapter
- Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century
- Topic
- Aurangzeb's Religious and Rajput Policies
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