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 ...

The dargah embodies, in its true sense, India’s pluralistic character, given that it is revered by communities cutting across ...

In the late 16th century, Maharaja Amar Singh I of Mewar, a prominent Hindu Rajput ruler, entered into a significant alliance with the Mughal Empire by marrying Khanum, the daughter of Emperor Akbar.

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 ...