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(a) Critically analyse whether the success of the Mughals is to be credited to their robust Jagirdari and Mansabdari system. (15 marks)

(b) It was as much the court intrigues as also the defiance of the provincial powers that hastened the decline of the Mughals in the 18th century. Comment. (20 marks)

(c) Shivaji was not merely a military conqueror but also was an enlightened ruler. Discuss. (15 marks)