Origins: Babur and the founding
Akbar: the great emperor
Shah Jahan: the builder
Aurangzeb: orthodoxy and decline
Mughal society and economy
Decline and legacy
Primary sources
Baburnama, the memoirs of Babur (c. 1530)
Abu'l Fazl, Akbarnama (c. 1590)
Francois Bernier on Mughal India (c. 1670)
Key figures
Key events summary
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