Nur Jahan was the only female ruler in the Mughal dynasty Empress Nur Jahan was the most powerful woman in 17th Century India. She played an unprecedented role in running the vast Mughal empire.

On an autumn day in 1576, a Mughal princess led a cohort of royal women on an unprecedented voyage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. It was the first time in Mughal India that a woman had ...

Aurangzeb has been remembered as a brutal and merciless ruler, however as the last great Mughal Emperor he created stability across the empire and grew the Mughal Empire to the largest it would ...

For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian ...

A 17th-century diamond worth up to £21 million is at the centre of a bitter High Court legal battle between two branches of a ...

Celebrate World Heritage Week in Agra from November 19–25, with free entry to all ASI-protected monuments. This year’s theme, ...

The overarching historical significance of the British empire and the ramifications of its dissolution in the Indian ...