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Aurangzeb's Army: The Mughal Military Machine
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the vast military apparatus of Aurangzeb's Mughal Empire — not just the battles, but the logistics, technology, and diversity of forces that sustained a 50-year reign. They discuss the mansabdari system, which tied rank to military obligation and created a complex hierarchy of commanders; the elite ahadis, imperial guards who answered directly to the emperor; the crucial role of the artillery, from massive cannons like the Zarb Zaman to the swift rocketeers; the war elephants that thundered into battle, as earlier episodes touched on, but here…
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