section_path: Reign/Bureaucracy
section_name: Bureaucracy
paragraph_text: Bureaucracy
  
  Aurangzeb's imperial bureaucracy employed significantly more Hindus than that of his predecessors.
  
  Between 1679 and 1707, the number of Hindu officials in the Mughal administration rose by half to 31.6% due to an increased recruitment of Marathas for the purpose of Deccan campaign. In the second half of his rule, the Marathas outnumbered Rajputs in his administration. Nevertheless, he tried to decrease the number of non-Muslim nobles in his court and encouraged high ranking Hindu officials to convert to Islam.
  
  Aurangzeb's imperial bureaucracy employed significantly more Hindus than that of his predecessors.
  
  Between 1679 and 1707, the number of Hindu officials in the Mughal administration rose by half to 31.6% due to an increased recruitment of Marathas for the purpose of Deccan campaign. In the second half of his rule, the Marathas outnumbered Rajputs in his administration. Nevertheless, he tried to decrease the number of non-Muslim nobles in his court and encouraged high ranking Hindu officials to convert to Islam.