How did the decline of Mughal influence affect the East India Company?

The decline of the Mughal influence enabled the East India Company to strengthen their holdings in India.

In fact, the arrival of British East India Company contributed to the downward spiral of power of the Mughal Empire. The success British East India Company attracted other European rivals to also claim part of the Mughal Empire and establish their own businesses and trading routes. India was vulnerable to the attack of enemies abroad. Delhi was captured by the Persians.

Internal factions in the Mughal empire made it possible for outsiders to penetrate their market and take over their trading routes leading to the demise of a once great empire.