Aurangzeb was emperor of the Mughal Empire of India from 1658 to 1707. Though he brought the empire to its greatest heights, he also sowed the seeds of discontent that would ultimately be its undoing. During his early reign, he proved to be a capable though ruthless Muslim monarch of a mixed Hindu-Muslim empire. Later, however, his devout religious side came to dominate, and he mercilessly oppressed non-Muslims. Whom did Aurangzeb kill and imprison in order to gain the throne in the first place? Discuss