alleryStart learning →Why did many regional rulers acknowledge the Mughal emperor?
ATo legitimise their own authority
BTo surrender all local power
CTo end provincial taxation
DTo restore direct imperial rule
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. To legitimise their own authority
Recognition of the emperor supplied legitimacy while regional rulers pursued their own ambitions.
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