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In the mid-seventeenth century, the Mughal Empire in northern India was one of the largest, wealthiest, most powerful, most cultured and most religiously tolerant states on the face of the Earth. By the early eighteenth century the Mughal Empire was a shadow of its former self, economically and politically ruined by decades of war under the religious zealotry of the emperor Aurangzeb. This left the Indian sub-continent open to the colonial ambitions of the European powers, resulting in the eventual colonisation and control of India under the British.
But what if upon the death of their father, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb did not become Mughal Emperor but instead one of his religiously-tolerant brothers took the throne? Someone who continued the Mughal tradition of religious tolerance and cultural diversity that was a great cornerstone of the Mughal Empire up to that point?
With India remaining a magnet for Europeans, but not coming under European control, what kind of history might have resulted from the Mughal Empire remaining strong and a great power in the world?
That is what this alternate history is intended to explore.
Alternate History : Gurkani Âlam
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But what if upon the death of their father, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb did not become Mughal Emperor but instead one of his religiously-tolerant brothers took the throne? Someone who continued the Mughal tradition of religious tolerance and cultural diversity that was a great cornerstone of the Mughal Empire up to that point?
With India remaining a magnet for Europeans, but not coming under European control, what kind of history might have resulted from the Mughal Empire remaining strong and a great power in the world?
That is what this alternate history is intended to explore.
Alternate History : Gurkani Âlam
^ Click this
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