The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the See more

The Mughal Empire had a highly centralised, bureaucratic government, most of which was instituted during the rule of the third … See more

Population
India's population growth accelerated under the Mughal Empire, with an unprecedented … See more

Gunpowder warfare
Mughal India was one of the three Islamic gunpowder empires, along with the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia. By the time he was invited by Lodi governor of Lahore, Daulat Khan, to support his rebellion against Lodi See more

The closest to an official name for the empire was Hindustan, which was documented in the Ain-i-Akbari. Mughal administrative records also refer to the empire as "dominion … See more

The economy in the Indian Subcontinent during the Mughal era performed just as it did in ancient times, though now it would face the stress of extensive regional tensions. The … See more

Generally, classical historiographies depicted the Mughal empire's origin was a sedentarized agrarian society. However, modern historians such as André Wink, Jos J. L. Gommans, See more