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Aurangzeb's Bengal Campaign The Conquest of the Delta
In the late 1660s, the Mughal Empire turned its attention eastward. This episode follows Aurangzeb's conquest of Bengal, a wealthy and rebellious region ruled by the independent Nawab Shaista Khan's predecessor, Mir Jumla. We explore the brutal campaign through the dense Sundarbans, the capture of the Portuguese pirate base at Chittagong, and the economic integration of Bengal's fertile delta into the Mughal heartland. Learn how Mughal expansion reshaped the region's trade, agriculture, and religious landscape, and how the conquest inadvertently set the stage for…
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