Aurangzeb got the throne the old-fashioned way: He defeated his three brothers and threw his father in jail. Aurangzeb's annual revenue was said to have been more than 10 times that of his ...

Aurangzeb: The ruler and his reputation Aurangzeb (1618–1707) ascended the Mughal throne in 1658 after a bloody war of succession against his brothers. Unlike his predecessors, Babur ...