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Aurangzeb's Last Years: The Deccan Quagmire
While earlier episodes explored Aurangzeb’s libraries, taxes, and military bureaucracy, this episode focuses on the human cost of his final twenty-eight years in the Deccan. We examine the strategic blunders that turned a campaign into a quagmire, specifically looking at the siege of Jinji and the failure to secure supply lines across the Western Ghats. Lucas traces how the aging emperor became trapped by his own logistics, while Luna highlights the resilience of Maratha leaders like Dhanaji Jadhav who exploited these weaknesses. The conversation details the exhaustion of the Mughal army, the…
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