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Aurangzeb and the Deccan Heartland: Beyond the Battlefields
In this episode, Lucas and Luna step away from Aurangzeb's military campaigns and tax policies to explore the Deccan's cultural and intellectual life under his long reign. They discuss the rise of Marathi as a literary language, the flourishing of Indo-Persian poetry in the Deccan courts, and the architectural legacy of Aurangzeb's mosques and caravanserais. The episode also looks at the emperor's own writings—his letters and his Quranic transcriptions—as windows into his personal piety and worldview. Along the way, they touch on the complex relationship between the Mughal…
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