"King of the World: A Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle" at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is one of these. It consists of paintings from a book celebrating the first ten ...

But the elite audience this painting was made for would not have read it the way we can today, with our knowledge of history ... Civilization and the Mughal Empire seem especially prone to ...

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 ...

However, Babur did achieve many important things for the future of the Mughal Empire: Babur began to build a large library of books and manuscripts. This would help the Mughal Empire become an ...

In public domain, via Wikimedia Commons When Babur, the great conqueror and founder of the Mughal Empire, first entered India with his armies in the 16th century, he was not impressed by how ...

changing Indian history forever. Nadir Shah, the Persian emperor, invaded India with a small army and left with immense wealth, dealing a crushing blow to the once-mighty Mughal Empire.

After the rebellion was suppressed, he was exiled to Rangoon by the British, leading to the formal end of the Mughal Empire. He is known in history for his beautiful poetry. Photo Credits ...

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated February 20, 2017) Aurangzeb's name has repeatedly been effaced from road signs and school books, but the legend of his ...

The Mughal Empire has been a controversial topic in the country for ages, with Mughal emperors like Aurangzeb being accused of ethnic cleansing of the local Hindu population, forced religious ...