History - India: Aurangzeb Flashcards
1
Q
What did he do?
A
Caused the Mughal Empire to begin to fall
2
Q
What did he think of Akbar?
A
He disagreed with the way things were run by him:
- Aurangzeb was a devout Muslim
- Hinduism meant higher people lived luxuriously
- Islam meant everyone lived equally
3
Q
What happened when Aurangzeb took away the privileges of the higher in the caste system?
A
There were rebellions to be fought off
4
Q
Did he lose control of the empire?
A
No, but the model for how it should be run fell apart partly due to difference in religion:
- Maratha Confederacy (Hindu)
- British East India Company (Christian)
- Sikh Empire (Sikhism)
