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Mughal dynasty, Mughal also spelled Mogul, Arabic Mongol, Muslim dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin
that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century. After that time it
continued to exist as a considerably reduced and increasingly powerless entity until the mid-19th
century. The Mughal dynasty was notable for its more than two centuries of effective rule over much of
India, for the ability of its rulers, who through seven generations maintained a record of unusual talent,
and for its administrative organization. A further distinction was the attempt of the Mughals, who were
Muslims, to integrate Hindus and Muslims into a united Indian state.

The dynasty was found by a Chagatai prince, Babur, the descendent of the Turkic conqueror Taimur
(Timurlane) on his father’s side and was related to Mongol invader Genghis Khan from his mother’s
side.
When ousted from his home, he established his base Kabul, Afghanistan and secured a control over
Punjab region. He decided to satisfy his lust for invasion in the Indian Subcontinent. In 1526 he routed
the forces of the Delhi sultan Ibrahim Lodhi at the First Battle of Panipat. The following year he
overwhelmed the Rajput confederacy under Rana Sanga of Mewar, and in 1529 he defeated the Afghans
of what are now eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states. At his death in 1530 he controlled all of northern
India from the Indus River on the west to Bihar on the east and from the Himalayas south to Gwalior.

Babur was succeeded by Humayun who was further succeeded by his son Akbar, the most hailed ruler
of the Mughal Empire. Under Akbar, various historians firmly believe that the Mughal rule reached its
epitome of prosperity.

By the way of this project I endeavor to study the Mughal empire under 6 heads and eventual analyze
them
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