[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.c3.5 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c3.5 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c3.5 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.5) At his death reaction was certain and under Jahāngīr, whose temperament was artistic rather than practical and in whom generosity degenerated into self-indulgence, administration declined. For a time there was a revival under Shāh Jahān, whose success in India led him to attempt the traditional enterprise of his line for the recovery of Central Asia. But a century of life in India had produced Mughul princes disinclined for the rigours and solitudes to be endured north of the Hindu Kush and the effort failed. - [Previous: v4.c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.4) - [Next: v4.c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.6) - [Up: v4.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.5) · Pramāṇa