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Post-Moghul Period
After Aurangzeb, Moghul power rapidly diminished. The Marathas, after Shivaji,
became the predominant force. Rajput kingdoms preferred to support the
enfeebled Moghuls whom they could dominate rather than the fierce, plebian
fighters from the Western Ghats.
The British came to India as traders, but soon took sides in local struggles
to defend their trading rights. They also raised
mercenary forces. Seeing the struggle for
power between the decaying Moghul empire, the Muslim rulers of the southern
states, the rising Marathas and the disunited Rajput kingdoms, the British
played one off against the other to their own advantage.
They gradually acquired control
over large portions of Bengal and the south. They controlled the Moghul
emperor and signed treaties with the Rajputs.
In 1857 came the first attempt at a nationwide
stand against the British. It was crushed and India became part of the British
Empire.
[Colonel James Tod]
[Raja Jai Singh]
[Harachauhans of Bundi-Kotah]
[Muslim Invasions]
[Rajasthan]
[Rana Kumbha]
[Rajasthan history]
[Rana Udai Singh]
[Bikaner]
[Rao Jodha]
[Kuchchwahas of Amber-Jaipur]
[Rana Lakha]
[Rajasthan early history]
[Sisodias of Mewar]
[The Rajputs]
[The Mauryans]
[Rana Sanga]
[Rana Pratap]
[Imperial Guptas]
[Chauhans of Delhi-Ajmer]
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