Which of the following statements best explain the nature of political transition in India during the decline of the Mughal Empire in the eighteenth century?

1.The weakening of central authority enabled provincial governors and military leaders to establish autonomous regional states.

2.The Mughal administrative framework completely disappeared across India immediately after Aurangzeb’s death.

3.Regional states such as Awadh, Bengal and Hyderabad often maintained nominal allegiance to the Mughal emperor while exercising practical independence.

4.The Mughal emperor continued to control the political and military affairs of the emerging regional states throughout the eighteenth century.

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