ON November 23, 1542, Akbar, the future Mughal Emperor, was born at Amarkot. His father, Humayun, had already lost the kingdom won by Babar, and Akbar's childhood was spent in exile. Humayun ...

Akbar hunted for the best people to work for him. He picked the most exceptionally talented 9 people from his empire and offered them to be his courtiers. These men later went on to be called ‘A ...

The tomb of Akbar the Great, located in Sikandra, in the suburbs of Agra is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece, which was built between 1605-1613. Akbar himself commenced the ...

more commonly known as ‘Akbar the Great’ soon claimed imperial power and stretched the realms of the mighty Mughal empire across South-east Asia. Quite unlike most past and future invaders of ...

and his grandson Akbar the Great, "one of the very greatest figures in history", a Muslim king who tried to make India a multi racial and multi-religious state. His aim was to achieve a Hindu ...

Rajasthan's education minister Madan Dilawar announced on Sunday that all school textbooks glorifying Mughal emperor Akbar ...

The exhibition, subtitled "Art, Architecture and Opulence", charts a century of artistic achievement during the reigns of the ...

So: here is a 16th century Muslim dynasty deriving from the Turkic-Mongols, presiding over a Persian speaking court, ruling ...