Which factor played the most significant role in the decline of the Mughal Empire? A. European countries launched invasions of Mughal territory. B. Poor citizens revolted against the empire's luxurious temples. C. The Ottoman Empire rose to become the most prominent Muslim state. D. Mughal leaders began to abandon policies of religious tolerance.

D. Mughal leaders began to abandon policies of religious tolerance.

Explanation:

Mughal Empire which spanned across the northern part of India around the sixteenth to the middle of the eighteenth century. The empire was ruled by the people of Turkic-Mongol origin. The empire started to decline during the reign of Aurangzeb, who is not tolerant of other faiths or religions. This was evident in his policies of excluding Hindus from public offices, demolition of their schools and temples, persecution of the Sikhs of Punjab, and heavy taxes on the farming population.

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paul willis (born 1950) is a british social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies. paul willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, socialization, music, and popular culture. he was born in wolverhampton[1] and received his education at the university of cambridge and at the university of birmingham. he worked at centre for contemporary cultural studies and subsequently at the university of wolverhampton. he was a professor of social/cultural ethnography at keele university. in the autumn of 2010, he left keele university and is now a professor at princeton university.

paul willis’s work has focused mainly, but not exclusively, on the ethnographic study of lived cultural forms in a wide variety of contexts. from highly structured to weakly structured ones, willis examines how practices of `informal cultural production` to produce and construct cultural worlds `from below`.[2]

trained in literary criticism at cambridge,[2] paul willis received his phd in 1972 from the centre for contemporary cultural studies at birmingham university where he remained as senior research fellow until 1981. he gave a paper at the 9th symposium of the natiohnal deviancy conference in january 1972 entitled 'a motor-bike subculture

during the 1980`s willis served as youth policy adviser to wolverhampton borough council in the english midlands. there he produced the youth review (published by the council and ashgate) which formed the basis for youth policy and for the formation of the democratically elected youth council, both still functioning. during the 1990s he served first as head of the division of media, communications and cultural studies, and then as a member of the professoriate at the university of wolverhampton. in 2000 willis co-founded the sage journal, ethnography. in 2003 willis was hired as a head professor of social and cultural ethnography at keele university.