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Aurangzeb's Deccan Coin War
In the 1690s, Aurangzeb waged a desperate currency war across the Deccan. The Mughal emperor struck new silver rupees and copper dams to pay his massive army, but his Maratha enemies melted down his coins to fund their rebellion. This episode follows the unlikely career of a mintmaster named Muhammad Arif, who oversaw the emperor's mobile mint as it trundled behind the imperial camp. We explore the economics of the Deccan war—the collapse of Mughal silver, the rise of counterfeit coinage, and the astonishing fact that Aurangzeb's own currency ended up financing the Maratha state…
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