History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c62.s1.2

v4.c62.s1.2

The official body that had made the State its own* was, therefore, alien in origin; but it had settled in the soil with no idea of returning to its original homes, and it had practically converted itself into a hereditary feudal baronage. Each of these races mainly married within its own tribe and thus could not become assimilated to the native population. The disintegration of the Bijapur monarchy, therefore, presented a scene different from the disruption of the Roman empire, when, in the words of Vinogradoff, "The disruptive forces of local interests and local separation came to assert themselves; society fell back to a great extent on the lines of local life and of aristocratic organization." (*Cambridge Med. Hist.*, i. 563.)