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title: "Why did the Mughal Empire decline after Aurangzeb?"  
description: "Why did the Mughal Empire decline after Aurangzeb?"  
author: "Jithin Menon"  
published: 2026-11-07  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/119799/why-did-the-mughal-empire-decline-after-aurangzeb  
category: "History"  
tags: ["decline of Mughal Empire", "Aurangzeb", "later Mughals", "Nadir Shah", "Marathas"]  

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# Why did the Mughal Empire decline after Aurangzeb?




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