RESEARCH
But it was shortlived. The Marathas
rose against him
and brought about
the collapse of his
Deccan policy. The
endless war in the
Deccan
exhausted
his
treasury
and
participated in the
disintegration of the
Mughal Empire. The
Mughal Empire had
become too large to
be ruled by one man
or from one center.
Aurangzeb’s enemies
rose on all sides.
Factors conditioning
the
Aurangzeb’s
Deccan policy:
•
The
limited
Mughal
financial
resources in Deccan;
•
The
Mughal
relations with the
Deccan states;
•
The rise of the
Marathas.
Limited
Mughal the condition that
Finances in Deccan:
the amount granted
would
be
duly
The limited Mughal
recovered.
financial
resources
in the Deccan had The failure of the
adversely
affected expedition
led
Mughal
policy Aurangzeb to refuse
in
Deccan
since to compensate Jai
Jahangir›s time. The Singh the sum of
Mughal
governors a crore of rupees,
was
obliged
to which the latter had
maintain additional
military contin¬gents
without any hope of
receiving
financial
help
from
the
emperor.
Further, the revenue
collected (Hasil) was far
less than the revenue
expected (Jama) in
the province. Under
Aurangzeb, when Raja
Jai Singh appealed
for additional subsidy
against Bijapur, he
was sanctioned the
required
amount
reluctantly and on
spent