The Mughal Empire ruled over most of modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. In the early 16th century, a warrior prince named Babur marched east from central ...

She played an unprecedented role in running the vast Mughal empire. Historian Ruby Lal explains why the history of her leadership is important to understand today. She was named Mihr un-Nisa at ...

The pen name he used, Zafar, means victory. An illustration depicting the arrest of Bahadur Shah Zafar The great Mughal empire had lost much of its influence and territory by the end of the 1700s.

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 ...

When they weren’t blinding rivals with hot needles or hosting debauched wine parties, these dynasts presided over a golden age of art The Mughal empire was founded in the early 16th century by a ...

The Mughal Empire, which spanned from the early 16th to the mid-19th century, left an indelible mark on the country's history and culture. The Mughal rulers were not only great administrators but ...

7-12 Analyze the relationship between Muslims and Hindus in the empire and compare Akbar's governing methods and religious ideas with those of other Mughal emperors.