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Aurangzeb's Spice Trade and the Cost of Empire
While previous episodes explored Aurangzeb’s military campaigns in the Deccan and his complex relationship with architecture, this episode turns to the economic engine that sustained his vast empire: the spice trade. We examine how Aurangzeb’s policies on pepper, cardamom, and indigo reshaped global commerce, directly impacting European traders like the East India Company. The conversation details the administrative machinery of the jagirdari system and how the extraction of wealth from Malabar and Coromandel funded both the Mughal treasury and the growing power of British merchants. Through…
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