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Aurangzeb's Watergate: The Emperor Who Built an Underground Palace
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore one of Aurangzeb's most overlooked architectural legacies: the massive underground water cisterns and stepwells he commissioned across the Deccan. While earlier episodes have focused on his mosques, tombs, and military campaigns, this one dives into the engineering marvels that sustained his armies and cities. Drawing on the Maasir-i-Alamgiri and accounts by European travelers like Niccolao Manucci, we uncover how Aurangzeb's obsession with water management shaped the landscape of the Deccan, from the great baoli at…
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