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Aurangzeb's Deccan Exile: The Emperor Who Died Far From Home
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the final years of Aurangzeb's life, when the aging emperor left Delhi and never returned. They trace his slow, grinding wars in the Deccan, the daily routines of a ruler who slept on the ground and sewed caps, and the letters he wrote to his sons — full of regret and political calculation. The conversation moves from the siege of Golconda to the fall of Bijapur, then to the guerilla campaigns of the Marathas and the famine that emptied his treasury. They discuss the irony of an emperor who sought to expand his realm but ended up…
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