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THE RUIN OF AURANGZIB with implacable foes, who lost no opportunity of deal- ing a blow at the invaders. The rana of Udaipur, the chief sufferer on the Rajput side, at last succeeded in making an honourable peace with the emperor, who was tired of the struggle, and anxious to give his whole mind to the affairs of the Deccan. But while the treaty enabled Aurangzib to beat a fairly creditable retreat, THE PALACE AT UDAirrR. it did not appease the indignant Rajputs of the West; even the rana of Udaipur soon rode his elephants through the treaty; and all Rajputana, except Jaipur and the eastern parts, was perpetually in a state of revolt until the end of the reign. But for his tax upon heresy, and his interference with their inborn sense of dignity and honour, Aurangzib might still have kept the Rajputs by his side as priceless allies in the long