Tag: Mughal Empire

Lakshmi Rameshwar Rao - Sher Shah Suri (1472, or 1486 – 22 May 1545), born Farīd Khān, was the founder of the Sur Empire in India, with its capital in Sasaram in modern-day Bihar.  Sher Shah took control of the Mughal...

Many foreign travelers have visited India over the centuries and have left accounts that give us valuable glimpses of our history. Perhaps the earliest known traveler to India was Megasthenes (302...

Aurangzeb was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India. His reign lasted for almost half a century (from 1658 to 1707) and was marked by several conquests and the vast expansion of the...

Lakshmi Rameshwar Rao, Hyderabad The founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent, Babur was born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan. He was...

Lakshmi Rameshwar Rao, Hyderabad The first invasions of India were by the Aryans who came from the north in about 1500 BC. The Aryans brought with them strong cultural traditions that, miraculously,...