History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s1.t4.5

v5.c84.s1.t4.5

In foreign affairs, too, his term was prosperous. In 1669 he suppressed the rising of a bogus Shuja in Morang (a hill State north of the Purnia district), and conquered it in 1676. [*M.A.* 84, 150.] In the latter year the province of Orissa was added to his charge. The long interval of peace thus secured to Bengal was employed by him in adorning his capital Dacca with many fine buildings (especially the *Katra*), as well as in constructing bridges and sarais all over the country. On the whole, he was a generous nobleman of the grand old style. The English, Dutch and French greatly improved their trade in his time.