OCR GCSE History B · J411
Paper 3
Revise: Condition of the EmpireImperial authority depended on cooperation as well as force. The Rajputs had been important partners in Mughal government and warfare, but Aurangzeb’s intervention in Marwar and the Rajput war of 1679–1681 damaged that relationship. Even after peace, he could not rely on their support as confidently and had to keep forces available against possible trouble.