In the records of Indian history, few events stand as boldly as the Battle of Karnal, fought on February 24, 1739. This was ...

T he Mughal Empire was one of the most powerful and influential empires in India, thanks to a series of strong and visionary rulers. From Babur, who started the empire, to Shah Jahan, famous for ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Mughal Empire ruled over most of modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

The Mughal empire, which ruled India from 1526 and 1858, reached its pinnacle under emperor Shah Jahan, who commissioned the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra as a mausoleum for his wife and built a wealth ...

ISLAMABAd: The Mughal Empire, celebrated as an economic superpower of its time, a beacon of cultural refinement, and a pioneer of architectural marvels, was also a stage for some of history’s ...

The exhibition ends as it begins, with a juxtaposition of the elite and mundane craftsmanship that combined to form the cosmopolitan culture across the Mughal empire: Marble parchin kari ...

First, the breakup of the Mughal Empire starting in the 1680s fits global patterns of military-logistics overstretch, that is, pushing ambitions of state growth further and faster than what the ...

They referred to themselves as Timurids (descendants of the Turkish ruler Timur). The Mughal Empire was the most influential dynasty that ruled over the Indian subcontinent before colonial rule.

An act of vandalism at an 18th century monument built by the once powerful Mughal empire has sparked anger in India, with historians urging authorities to provide better protection for the country ...