UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2018 · Q8(c) · 15 marks
“The Afghan invasions in the Eighteenth Century not only signified the military irrelevance of the Mughal Empire but also hastened its decline“. Explain.
- Chapter
- The Eighteenth Century
- Topic
- Decline of the Mughal Empire
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