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Aurangzeb Deccan policy which cause the destruction of the best soldiers and
undermined the Mughul prestige beyond repair, contributed materially to the
downfall of his dynasty. He destroyed the Shia Kingdoms of Bijapur and Golconda
and waged a long, endless war for extermination against the Marathas. This
obliged the hardy Marathas to fight in self-defence and when success came to them
they were encouraged to take up the offensive, cross the Narmada and invade the
Mughal provinces in Northern India. The Hindus in Northern India were already
alienated by Aurangzeb's policy of religious persecution and the Hindu officers and
vassals of the empire were either indifferent or secretly hostile to the mughal
cause. This creates opportunity for the Marathas. They appealed to the common
sentiments of Rajput and of the Hindus who secretly allied themselves with Bajirao
when the latter boldly proceeded to execute his policy of striking at the withering
trunk of the Mughal Empire in the belief that after the fall of that Empire the
independent provincial Muslim dynasty would fall of them. Thus, within thirty one
years of Aurangzeb's death, his successor had to wage war with the sikhs, Jats,
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