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 significantly influenced the Indian subcontinent through its administrative systems and iconic monuments.

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

The Mughal rulers were often in exile, and the court musicians had to scramble for cover and patronage ... politics and society of the dying Mughal empire. Schofield is an exceptionally good ...

These items were acquired after the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and symbolize the end of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of British colonial rule in India. Major Robert Tytler, having participated ...

The Mughal empire's most famous legacy is the monumental architecture with which it stamped its rule across South Asia. But the fitting centerpiece of an intimate show filled with ravishing ...

As is the case, the historians of all hues since the 18 Century have debated the causes of the decline of Mughal Empire. The notion of decline envisages a prior state of perfection, efflorescence ...

Nikhhil Advani’s web series The Empire provides a fictional version of the origins of the Mughal dynasty. Directed by Mitakshara Kumar, the show follows the dynasty’s founder Babur as he ...

The Mughal empire, writes Abraham Eraly, "lagged way behind Europe, behind even China, Japan and Persia. There was hardly any vigour in the economy, scant spirit of enterprise among the people.

The British Library's exhibition The Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire opens on Friday November 9. For more information see www.bl.uk Click here to read the full feature by Alastair Smart ...