The Mughal Empire

The Sources to Reconstruct

The Age

Ain-I-Akbari AkbarNamah

HE WAS ONE OF THE LEADING HISTORIANS OF THE MUGHAL AGE AND

WAS KNOWN FOR AKBAR AMAH AND AIN-I-AKBARI

AIN-I-AKBARI CONTAINED 5 SECTIONS ABOUT THE ARMY AND THE LEGAL

AND REVENUE SYSTEMS OF AKBAR’S ADMINISTRATION

AKBAR AMAH GAVE THE IDEA ABOUT ROYAL COURT IN 16TH CENTURY
IT ALSO CONTAINS A NUMBER OF PAINTINGS ILLUSTRATING EVENTS OF
THOSE DAYS
 Archaeological Sources

MONUMENTS :
RED FORT
• WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1648 BY SHAHJAHAN
• IT HAS DIWAN-I-AAM AND DIWAN-I-KHAS

THE JAMA MASJID

• BUILT IN 1656 BY SHAHJAHAN
• IT HAD A CHIEF MINISTER NAMED AS SADULLAH KHAN
• ITS CENTRAL DOME WAS LARGEST AND THE HIGHEST

THE TAJ MAHAL

• IT WAS THE MOST OUTSTANDING MONUMENT BUILT BY SHAH JAHAN ONE

OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
 BABUR (1526 – 1530)

THE BATTLE OF PANIPAT

IBRAHIM LODI, THE RULER OF DELHI AND BABUR'S FORCES MET ON THE
BATTLEFIELD OF PANIPAT IN APRIL 1526 BABUR'S ARMY WAS NUMERICALLY
INFERIOR BUT HE HAD WITH FIREARMS . MOREOVER, HE HAD A EXPERIENCE AS
VETERAN GENERAL AFTER THE VICTORY HE WAS THE RULER OF DELHI

THE BATTLE OF KHANWA WAS A DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE MUGHAL

FORCES UNDER BABUR AND THE RAJPUT ALLIANCE UNDER RANA SANGA OF
MEWAR. THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT ON 16 MARCH 1527. IT ENDED IN A
DECISIVE VICTORY FOR THE MUGHAL FORCES AND WOULD CONSOLIDATE BABUR
AND HIS DESCENDANTS ' RULE FOR CENTURIES TO COME .

AKBAR (1556-1605)
 AKBAR WAS ONLY 13 YEARS OF AGE WHEN HE WAS PROCLAIMED AS THE
EMPEROR OF INDIA
SECOND BATTLE OF PANIPAT
SOON AFTER AKBAR ACCESION HEMU , A NEPEHEW OF SHER SHA SURI,
CAPTURED AGRA AND WAS ON THE MARCH TO DELHI . THE MUGHAL FORCES MET
HEMU’S ARMY ON THE HISTORIC BATTLEFIELD OF PANIPAT IN NOVEMBER 1556
AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE , THE AFGHAN ARMY WAS DEFEATED AND KILLED , THAT
WSS THE END OF AFGHAN RESISTANCE TO THE MUGHALS

AKBAR ALSO TOOK THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT INTO HIS OWN HANDS , HE ALSO
INTRODUCED MANSABDARI SYSTEM WHICH WAS BASED ON MERIT AND GRADED
ACCORDING TO MILITARY RANK .

AURANGZEB
AURANGZEB RULED FOR FORTY -NINE YEARS OVER A POPULATION OF 150
MILLION PEOPLE. HE EXPANDED THE MUGHAL EMPIRE TO ITS GREATEST
EXTENT, SUBSUMING MOST OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT UNDER A
SINGLE IMPERIAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY .