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Aurangzeb's Deccan Road: The Emperor Who Paved His Own Doom
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the impact of Aurangzeb's ambitious road-building project through the Deccan plateau. They discuss the 1665 construction of the imperial highway connecting Delhi to the Deccan, known as the Sadak-e-Alamgir, and the logistical nightmare of marching armies hundreds of miles south. The conversation reveals how this grand infrastructure project, built partly with forced labour, allowed Aurangzeb to wage his endless Deccan wars but also drained the Mughal treasury and alienated local populations. They touch on the role of surveyors like Hizabr Khan, the…
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