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Aurangzeb's Deccan Quagmire: The War That Broke the Empire
While previous episodes have explored Aurangzeb’s legal codes, poetry, and temple policies, this episode examines the military and logistical nightmare of his thirty-year campaign in the Deccan. We follow the Emperor from Agra to the rugged fortresses of Golconda and Bijapur, tracing how the expansion into southern India transformed a manageable empire into an overextended state. Lucas and Luna discuss the strategic failures of maintaining supply lines across thousands of miles, the rise of the Maratha guerrilla tactics under Shivaji and Sambhaji, and the internal decay that followed when the…
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