The Mughal Empire

NIZAM OF THE DECCAN The founder of the Asaf­Jah house of Hyderabad was Kilich Khan, popularly known as Nizam-ul-Mulk. It was Zulfikar Khan ...

AUTONOMOUS STATES The states that emerged at the decline of the Mughal authority may be classified into the following three broad categories...

CAUSES OF THE DECLINE The Mughal empire reachec its greatest extent in the time of Aurangzeb, but it collapsed with dramatic suddenness wit...

DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE Aurangzeb died in 1707 and a rapid decline of the empire followed. Bahadur Shah (1707-1712) who succeeded Aurangzeb ha...

PAINTING The Mughals were lovers of the art of painting. Humayun is said to have patronised two master­painters, Abdus Samad and Mir Sayyid ...

LITERATURE The Mughal emperors were patrons of literature and they did much to remove the barriers between Hindus and Muslims to promote a h...

CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS The Mughal period saw remarkable cultural developme in which Indian and Islamic traditions were fused into composite s...