History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c69.s7.9

v4.c69.s7.9

"All seemed to have been gained by Aurangzib now; but in reality all was lost. It was the beginning of his end. The saddest and most hopeless chapter of his life now opened. The Mughal empire had become too large to be ruled by one man or from one centre...His enemies rose on all sides; he could defeat but not crush them for ever. Lawlessness reigned in many parts of Northern and Central India. The administration grew slack and corrupt. The endless war in the Deccan exhausted his treasury. Napoleon I. used to say, 'It was the Spanish ulcer which ruined me.' The Deccan ulcer ruined Aurangzib." (My Studies in Mughal India, 50.)