Long before print journalism arrived in India there was a highly advanced information network that kept the Mughal court ...

Thousands of forgotten news reports are reshaping our understanding of Aurangzeb and the Mughal world.

In the realm of everyday culture, Mughal influence permeated cuisine (techniques, dishes, and courtly food culture), dress, ...

The Mughal Empire, which ruled much of the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 19th century, is renowned for its rich cultural legacy and architectural marvels. However, beyond the grandeur of ...

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 ...

There are moments in history when an entire empire seems to sigh—softly, tiredly—while still pretending to stand tall. Delhi in the first half of the eighteenth century was exactly that kind of place.

History proved beyond doubt that every Empire that evolved and flourished across centuries created its own grave-diggers. As is the case, the historians of all hues since the 18 Century have debated ...

The Mughals were a Muslim dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century. The dynasty was founded by a Chagatai Turkic prince named Babur ...