so what do you guys think (yeah, looking for biased opinions and not a text book answer) what were the downfall of mughals?
to me it was "ayashiii", and "hiwas"
Mughal empire had lazy ruler like Jahangir Khan and an adventurous ,inndustrious ruler like Aurangazib.Religious persecution was the first reason for it's down fall.Though attempts to harass Hindus started during Jahangir's rule,it achieved a paramount status during Aurangazib.Not only Hindus were subjected Mughal bigotry but Sikhs also became victims of it.This caused a considerable gap between Hindus-Sikhs and Muslims.Rajputs ,who had been traditional supporters of Mughal had became completely disdociated with Mughals.The dawn of Marata rulers caused another reason for Mughal down fall.
After Aurngazib,many Mughal rulers were simply incapable of doing things.lets take one example ,from 1526 to 1707 there had been just six Mughal rulers imnn power but after that five Mughal rulers had been in power in seven years!!!
Those who came to power later were un educated,extravagants,cowards and did not posses any quality of leaders.
The relentless wars Mughals led or had to engage in,caused in financial debacle and it left them with no financial base.
The frequent lethal offensives mounted by Maratas did not give any room for Mughals to have a deep breath.
Moreover the atatcks from forigners liike Nadirshah,Abdali etc became catalysts for its further down fall.