Even if the peasants were squeezed by taxes to pay for the luxury of  Mughal court life, the country's artisans, goldsmiths, jewelers and weaves economically benefited from the royal contracts paid for by those taxes. 
If the peasants were squeezed by taxes to pay for the luxury of Mughal court life, it was a boon for the country's artisans goldsmiths, jewelers, and weavers.