dian rulers to focus on agriculture and consequently, port cities were loosely supervised.
             The second change in the politics of the Mughals that led to British conquest was a decrease in the power of the central government. Bayly goes to great length to show how the local governors began to take a much more powerful role. First, he discusses the numerous tribal breakouts that occurred on the fringes of the Mughal territory. Although this doesn't directly affect the British, it is important because it shows a weakening in the central government. To further this argument, Bayly explains that the lack of a previous checks and balances system giving even more independence to local nexuses of power. Again this shows that the Mughals, in such despair, ended a very important s
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