The eight-episode series is based on Alex Rutherford’s bestselling “Empire of the Moghuls” novels, a racy, fictionalized version of the history of the Moghul empire, which dominated South Asia from ...

Except in the corridors of power in New Delhi—where his name is anathema to the Hindu nationalist government—it’s hard to find anything but esteem for Zahirud-din Muhammad Babur, a man remembered in ...

"The Mughal Empire was one of the great powers of the early modern era, ruling almost all of South Asia, a conquest state, dominated by its military elite. Many historians have viewed the Mughal ...

Babur prevailed despite commanding almost no local support, facing a deeply hostile Muslim population, and wielding a technology that was not entirely new to India. How, then, did he win?

He wept at the sight of a melon, wrote love poetry in a war camp, and founded an empire he never wanted. Babur fought Panipat five hundred years ago today.

Explore how Mughal history shapes modern India, influencing culture, language, and architecture despite attempts at erasure.

A few months ago, while studying away in the Hatcher Graduate Library carrels, my eye caught something unexpected — a copy of the Boburnoma (Baburnama), fully in Cyrillic Uzbek, shelved among other ...

It has been 500 years since the first Battle of Panipat was fought, and it is remembered mainly for the first use of cannons in India, and the beginning of the Mughal empire. However, some literature ...