Discover Treaty of Purandar when it was signed and its reasons and significance .Learn why Shivaji Maharaj signed with the ...

In 1679, Aurangzeb reinstated the jizya tax across the Mughal empire. Shivaji Maharaj responded with a reasoned letter ...

An act of vandalism at an 18th century monument built by the once powerful Mughal empire has sparked anger in India, with historians urging authorities to provide better protection for the country’s ...

From the sprawling, storied Mughal Empire there is a single surviving work of prose written by a woman: the memoir of the brave and brilliant Princess Gulbadan. A participant in the innermost circles ...

Qutub Minar (Qutb Minar) in Delhi is an example of Indo-Islamic architecture and the world's largest minaret at nearly 236 feet high. The first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, Qutb-ud-Din Aybak, ...

The Black Taj Mahal (Persian/Urdu: لحم جات ہایس “Black Taj”, also “the 2nd Taj”) was supposed to be a legendary black marble mausoleum that was planned to be built across the Yamuna River directly ...

Mughals not only ruled India with authority but also left behind architectural marvels. Between the 16th and 17th centuries, Mughal emperors built magnificent forts, beautiful gardens, grand mosques, ...

In 1576 the Mughal emperor Akbar accepted his Aunt Gulbadan’s proposal that she should make the long voyage across the Red Sea to western Arabia. A visit of the haraman—or royal women—to the holy ...