[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c19.23 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.23 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.23 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.23) The reign of Aurangzīb naturally falls into two equal divisions of about twenty-five years each, the first of which he passed in northern India and the second in the Deccan. During the earlier half of his reign the centre of interest lies unmistakably in the north, because the most important developments, civil and military, concerned this region. In the second half, the situation is reversed: all the resources of the empire are concentrated in the Deccan; the emperor, his court and family, the bulk of his army, and all his best officers live there, and Hindustān sinks back to a place of secondary importance; the administration in northern India grows weak and corrupt at the withdrawal of the master's eye and all the ablest officers; the upper classes decline in morals, culture, and useful activity; and finally lawlessness breaks out in most parts, dimly heralding the great anarchy which covered the eighteenth century. - [Previous: v4.c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.22) - [Next: v4.c19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.24) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.23) · Pramāṇa