The Mughal Empire declined rapidly after the death of Aurangzeb. The religious and Deccan policies of Aurangzeb. The financial difficulties due to continuous wars led to the decline . ... The invasions of Nadir Shsh and Ahmad Shah Abdali weakened the Mughal state .According to the authors, the causes of the decline of the Mughal Empire can be grouped under the following heads: a) deterioration of land relations; b) emergence of regional powers as successor states; c) selfish struggle of nobles at the court; d) lack of initiative in modern weapons; e) lack of control over the ...The failure of the Mughals to cope with them after the reign of his son Bahādur Shāh I led to the collapse of the empire in the mid-18th century
