Shah Jahan was the fifth Mughal ruler after Babur, Humayun, Akbar and Jahangir. After winning the war of succession post the demise of his father Jahangir, Shah Jahan successfully ruled the empire for 30 years. Shah Jahan (Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram) was one of the most successful emperors ...

Prince Salim succeeded with the title Jahangir (Conqueror of World) in 1605. His son Khusrau revolted but was defeated and imprisoned. One of his supporters, Guru Arjun, the fifth Sikh Guru, was beheaded. For Jahangir, the most irksome internal problem was that of the Rana of Mewar, head of the ...

Akbar ruled India from 1556 to 1605 AD. He was the son of Humayun, who ruled over India for 26 years. In large the Mughals surely came to annex India under Babur, but they were unlike other cruel rulers who plundered India. The Mughals in fact helped India to flourish under their kingship. ...

Humayun left India in 1540 and married Hamida Banu Begum on his way to Sind. When they stayed in Amorkot, a Hindu kingdom ruled by Rana Prasad, Akbar was born in 1542. Humayun then proceeded to Iran and sought help from its ruler. He later defeated his brothers, Kamran and Askari. In the ...

Sher Shah Sur emperor of north India in the Islamic Sur (Afghan) dynasty of 1540–57 who organized a long-lived bureaucracy responsible to the ruler and created a carefully calculated revenue system. For the first time during the Islamic conquest the relationship between the people and the ruler ...

The founder of the Sur dynasty was Sher Shah, whose original name was Farid. He was the son of Hasan Khan, a jagirdar of Sasaram in Bihar. Sher Shah waged extensive wars with the Rajputs and expanded his empire. His conquests include Punjab, Malwa, Sind, Multan and Bundelkhand. His empire ...

Humayun was not a soldier like his father Babur. He was faced with the problems of a weak financial system and the predatory Afghans. Bahadur Shah, the ruler of Gujarat, also posed a great threat. Humayun’s brother Kamran who was in-charge of Kabul and Kandahar extended his authority up to ...

Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India and the first Mughal emperor. His name Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur is popularly known as Babur. He was also a great warrior, scholar and enlightened ruler. He was related to Timur from his father's side and to Chengiz Khan through his mother ...

The Bahmani kingdom was a medieval Muslim empire established in the Deccan region of India by a breakaway faction of the Delhi Sultans, who ruled in 1347. The power of the Bahmani kingdom reached its peak under the rule of Muhammad Shah III. It extended from the Arabian sea to the Bay of ...

The architecture of the Vijayanagara empire highlighted the most important characteristics of the empire. It is said that the construction of tall Rayagopurams or gateways or Kalyanamandapam with carved pillars played a key role in the art and architecture of this great empire. The horse was ...

Numerous inscriptions, literary sources, archaeology and numismatics, the average empire of the successive Vijayanagar kingdom was among the richest in the world. The early Muslim writers speak of its affluence and grandeur. According to Nicolo Conti, “The circumference of the city ...

The rulers of Vijayanagar were the followers of Vishnu but they followed a policy of religious toleration towards all. A study of the relevant material shows that women occupied a high position in society. They took part in the political, social and literary life of the country. Allasani ...