Mughal Military Campaigns
Babur was the first Mughal emperor who succeeded the throne of Ferghana in the year 1494 when was only 12 years old, forced to leave his ancestral throne due to a Mongol invasion. He seized Kabul in 1504 and in 1526 he defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at Panipat-captured Delhi and Agra.
Following Babur, most of his successors including Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb importantly were able to expand and conquer many territories subsequently. For more than two centuries, the empire stretched from the outer reaches of the Indus basin in the West, Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the North, to the highlands of present-day Assam-Bangladesh in the east till the uplands of Deccan in South India.
Mughal Empire
From the latter half of the 16th century, the Mughals expanded their empire from Agra and Delhi, going on to control all of the subcontinents in the 17th century. Ruling a vast territory as the Indian subcontinent involving such a diverse group of people and cultures, was a very difficult task in medieval times. The Mughal Empire was in one of its best states during the 17th century. Prosperity in commercial and economic activities was evident during this period.
Table of Content
- Who were the Mughals?
- List of Mughal Emperors in India (1526- 1857)
- Mughal Military Campaigns
- Mughal Tradition of Succession
- Mansabdars and Jagirdars
- Akbar’s Policies
- Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century and After
- Decline of the Mughal Dynasty