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    The Mughal Empire was a powerful early-modern empire that ruled much of northern and central India between the 16th and mid-18th centuries. At its peak, the empire stretched from Kabul in the west to Bengal in the east and covered most of northern India. The empire was an absolute monarchy and unitary state, with Persian as its official language and Sunni Islam as its state religion. Key cities of the empire included Agra, Delhi, Lahore, and Fatehpur Sikri. The empire declined in the early 18th century after the death of emperor Aurangzeb due to revolts and attacks from the Marathas.

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    The Mughal Empire was a powerful early-modern empire that ruled much of northern and central India between the 16th and mid-18th centuries. At its peak, the empire stretched from Kabul in the west to Bengal in the east and covered most of northern India. The empire was an absolute monarchy and unitary state, with Persian as its official language and Sunni Islam as its state religion. Key cities of the empire included Agra, Delhi, Lahore, and Fatehpur Sikri. The empire declined in the early 18th century after the death of emperor Aurangzeb due to revolts and attacks from the Marathas.

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    Mughal Empire

    The Mughal Empire, Mogul or Moghul


    Empire, was an early-modern empire in
    South Asia.[9] For some two centuries, the
    empire stretched from the outer fringes of
    the Indus basin in the west, northern
    Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir
    in the north, to the highlands of present-
    day Assam and Bangladesh in the east,
    and the uplands of the Deccan plateau in
    South India.[10]
    Mughal Empire
    1526–1540
    1555–1857

    The empire at its greatest extent, in c. 1700


    Status Empire

    Capital Agra (1526–1540;


    1555–1571; 1598–
    1648)
    Fatehpur Sikri (1571–
    1585)
    Lahore (May 1586 –
    1598)
    Shahjahanabad, Delhi
    (1648–1857)

    Common languages Persian (official and


    court language)[1]
    Zaban e Urdu e Mua'lla
    (language of the ruling
    classes, later given
    official status)[2]
    Arabic (for religious
    ceremonies)
    Chagatai Turkic (only
    initially)
    Other South Asian
    languages
    Religion Sunni Islam (Hanafi)
    (1526–1857)
    Din-i Ilahi (1582–1605)

    Government Absolute monarchy,


    unitary state with
    federal structure,
    centralized autocracy
    Islamic sharia[3](1526-
    1719)
    Oligarchy with a
    restricted monarch
    figurehead (1719-
    1857)

    Emperor[a]  

    • 1526–1530 Babur (first)


    • 1837–1857 Bahadur Shah II (last)

    Historical era Early modern

    • First Battle of 21 April 1526


    Panipat

    • Empire interrupted 1540–1555


    by Sur Empire

    • Mughal–Maratha 1680–1707
    Wars

    • Death of Aurangzeb 3 March 1707

    • Battle of Karnal 24 February 1739

    • Carnatic Wars 1746–1763

    • Battle of Plassey 1757

    • Bengal War 1759–1765

    • Siege of Delhi 21 September 1857

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