An interesting historical book by Audrey Truschke on the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir ( 1658-1707). In a post-Mughal era, history is written mainly by British colonials historians & portrayed Aurangzeb as the controversial figure of Mughal history. Only rulers who ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for 49 years. It will not be wrong to call that period a peak of the Mughal empire. Dr Audrey highlighted important events of Aurangzeb’s lifetime.He was a young prince who became …
