Following were the causes that brought about the break-up of the Mughal empire :
- The successors of Aurangzeb were weak rulers.
- The Mughal empire met with financial troubles.
- Mughal administration was no longer as efficient as it used to be under Akbar.
- The military administration of the Mughals had also become weaker.
- Mughal India showed little awareness to the discoveries which the new science of Europe was revealing to Europeans.
