Edited sentence: And offered him punishment for insulting "The Hindu Pride".Basic aim of Marathas was to re-establish "Hindu Pride"..And so their main enemy was "Barbaric" moghuls..so moghuls had to suffer crushing defeat by Marathas...But It were Marathas who restored pride of Hinduism.But most.The decline of the Mughal Empire has been studied under several different theories.accepted theory is his worst relation with "Marathas"..Marathas plundered his territory,killed his huge army.unlike Rajputs Mighty Marathas never offered their girl to muslims