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Aurangzeb's Deccan Villages: How Peasants Survived the War
The Mughal-Maratha wars devastated the Deccan for nearly three decades, but what did that mean for the people actually living there? This episode looks beyond the battlefield to explore how peasant communities in the Deccan sultanates endured constant troop movements, scorched-earth campaigns, and revenue demands from both sides. Drawing on the Maasir-i-Alamgiri and Maratha chronicles like the Bakhar, Lucas and Luna discuss the ingenious survival strategies—hiding grain in underground pits, shifting cultivation, and negotiating with zamindars—that kept villages alive. They also examine the…
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