Emperor Shah Jahan's youngest son, Aurangzeb, was the start of the fall of the Mughal’s. When the emperor became seriously ill in 1657, Aurangzeb began a two-year-long plan for power. By the year 1658, he had eliminated his four older brothers; put his father (Shah Jahan) in prison. And then Aurangzeb declared himself emperor of the Mughal’s. He immediately put an end to court artists because of his dislike for them, and canceled many of the policies of religious tolerance that had been in place since Akbar's (another emperor) reign, hoping to impose orthodox Islam on all of India. A hero to the Muslims, Hindus worried because of him.
Stressed by a diminishing treasury and Aurangzeb's firm governance, anarchy and disagreement reigned, and the empire began to crumble. When Aurangzeb died, at the age of eighty-nine, in 1707. Between 1707 and 1748, more Mughal’s came to throne than during all the empire's earlier history. In 1739, Persian adventurers raided India and ransacked Delhi, marking the end of any unified Mughal state, and by the beginning of the 19th century India was ripe for conquest. The 19th and last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, was deposed by the British in 1858, and the British Raj replaced the Mughal dynasty
Stressed by a diminishing treasury and Aurangzeb's firm governance, anarchy and disagreement reigned, and the empire began to crumble. When Aurangzeb died, at the age of eighty-nine, in 1707. Between 1707 and 1748, more Mughal’s came to throne than during all the empire's earlier history. In 1739, Persian adventurers raided India and ransacked Delhi, marking the end of any unified Mughal state, and by the beginning of the 19th century India was ripe for conquest. The 19th and last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, was deposed by the British in 1858, and the British Raj replaced the Mughal dynasty