Taj Mahal, the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal When the Mughal emperor Jahangir died in 1627, his third son, Shah Jahan, became the new emperor. He immediately imprisoned his stepmother Nur Jahan so he could [...]
Mughal Empire - Babur, first Mughal ruler Timur's descendants: the Mughal Empire Timur's empire collapsed when he died in 1405 AD. Then the Mongols lost control of India for a while. Local Muslim leaders formed small [...]
Deccan kingdoms: Krishna Deva Raya (possibly), ca. 1500 AD India when Europeans arrived In 1498 AD, when Vasco da Gama first sailed to Calicut in south India, most of South India was part [...]
