South Policy of Mughal Rulers

Abstract

After strengthening the empire in North India, the trend of doing military operations towards the South has been In this sequence, Samudragupta and Alauddin Khilji adopted the policy of eclipse and salvation, While experiencing contentment, Muhammad Tughlaq, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb adopted the policy of the expansion of the empire in the south. 2 One of the major reasons behind the empire of the South wire was that almost the whole of North India was in their possession, from North-West, they did not want to get involved in Central Asian politics ahead of Kabul, Kandahar etc. On the other hand, the presence of immense wealth in Deccan and mutual struggle of the Deccan states In addition, due to the Deccan Vijay of Tuglaq and a better communication system between north and south, it is considered relatively easy to control the Deccan operations and control them through the provinces. Therefore, the policy of conquering the Deccani regions had begun in the time of Akbar, which Shah Jahan and Arangzeb implemented more firmly.