Mughal

The Mughal Empire was a South Asian empire founded in 1526, when the Timurid prince Babur defeated Delhi's Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat. His grandson Akbar expanded the empire and built an administration supported by agricultural revenue.

Under Shah Jahan, the court patronized architecture including the Taj Mahal at Agra. Aurangzeb extended Mughal rule deep into the Deccan, but after his death in 1707 imperial power weakened. The East India Company's victory at Plassey in 1757 increased its influence in Bengal; by 1760 the emperor's effective domain had contracted to Delhi and its surroundings.