The Mughal Empire that ruled India for hundreds of years continues to shape the face of Delhi. Here in the sprawling capital, travellers can trace its legacy in restored monuments, archaeological ...
The preference for the performing ruler over the governing one is not just a pathology of today’s democracy. It has been ...
In Mughal period, one must discuss architectural splendours with brutal taxation, literature with warfare, syncretism with ...
Introduction: A long view of Sufism and political culture in India -- The Mughals, the Sufi Shaikhs, and the formation of the Akbari dispensation -- A Sufi critique of religious law, tasawwuf, and ...
Deriving from Persian artistic techniques, Mughal portraiture reached its apogee during the reigns of the great Mughal emperor-patrons Akbar, Shah Jahan and Jahangir. Much of the art produced in this ...
Descriptions of life in the residential quarters of the palace give us a greater insight into the culture of the Mughals ...
In recent years, India has begun to view the Mughals and other Muslim dynasties before them, not as natives but invaders and colonizers. Hindutva’s rise sees even Islam as a foreign religion and the ...
Explore how Mughal history shapes modern India, influencing culture, language, and architecture despite attempts at erasure.