The Mughal
Empire or Mogul Empire, self-designated as Gurkani, was
an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. For some two centuries, the empire stretched
from the outer fringes of the Indus basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan plateau in south India.
Episode 1
Through the Khyber Pass in 1526 came the founder of the great Moghul
Empire, Babur. He rode around with a small band of followers seizing villages
and cattle. By the time he came into India, he had built up a sizeable army and
had firearms which helped him to win battles that enabled him to crown
himself Emperor of India.
In Akbar's great palace city at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra we
discover how a Great Moghul lived. Also examined are Akbar's first contacts
with Europeans and his obsession with religion.
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