History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c80.s1.2

v5.c80.s1.2

Such a survey afforded a most gloomy prospect. At the end of the 17th century the great empire founded by Akbar and raised to world-famed prosperity and splendour by Shah Jahan, was in a state of hopeless decay; administration, culture, economic life, military strength and social organisation,—all seemed to be hastening to utter ruin and dissolution.