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 ...

The Mughal empire's most famous legacy is the monumental architecture with which it stamped its rule across South Asia. But the fitting centerpiece of an intimate show filled with ravishing miniature ...

"At its peak, the Mughal Empire stretched from Kabul in the northwest and covered most of the South Asian subcontinent. Descendants of Timur (Tamerlane), the Mughal emperors ruled over the land from ...

Museum-goers often pay a lot of attention to European, East Asian, or ancient Egyptian exhibits, but a region whose artistic ventures don’t receive nearly enough recognition is that of South Asia – in ...

The British were on the rampage, finally quelling the 1857 Indian mutiny which had spread through the sub-continent. It was both a tragic and a pathetic ending to one of the greatest dynasties the ...

Shah Jahan commissioned the Peacock Throne in 1628, completed after seven years of craftsmanship at a cost of Rs 1 crore, ...

The stories of history’s greatest empires reveal a recurring pattern: conquest without restraint, expansion without limits and an inevitable fall ...

Aurangzeb, the longest-ruling Mughal emperor, reigned for nearly 49 years, expanding the empire to its greatest size through relentless military campaigns, particularly in the Deccan. His strict ...