In the second episode of our series, we follow the life of Aurangzeb Alamgir, the most controversial of all the Mughal rulers.

After seizing the throne by imprisoning his own father, Aurangzeb brings a far stricter vision of rule to the empire. Where Akbar had tried to balance faith with pragmatism, Aurangzeb leans hard into Islamic supremacy, turning both the Sikhs and the Rajputs against him.

His endless wars in the Deccan push the Mughal military to its limits and set him on a collision course with a rising Maratha leader, Shivaji, whose resistance becomes the stuff of legend.

A reign that takes the Mughal Empire to its greatest territorial size, while laying the groundwork for the troubles to come.

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