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The Blinding of a Mughal emperor

The reign of Shah Alam, one the last Mughal emperors, was upturned by the Rohilla chief Ghulam QadirThe vengeful treatment of the emperor caused such outrage that even the Afghan king offered to send aid

5 min read30 Aug 2019
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Opinion | Dara Shukoh, poet among warriors

It is tempting to imagine how Mughal history might have been shaped had Shahjahan's elder son Dara Shukoh reigned and not Aurangzeb

5 min read25 Aug 2018
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Ira Mukhoty’s history of women in the Mughal royalty shines light on an obscure past

A new history of the Mughal era brings to life the royal women, now lost in the depths of time

4 min read17 Aug 2018
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Pakistan, through the eyes of William Dalrymple

Inhabiting William Dalrymple's new photo series, 'The Historian's Eye', are spellbinding images of modern-day Pakistan, made while he was researching his forthcoming book 'The Anarchy'

3 min read14 Apr 2018
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Audrey Truschke | The historian who engages

In the latest edition of a monthly series of long form interviews, Mint On Sunday's Sidin Vadukut speaks to historian Audrey Truschke

30 min read14 Oct 2017
Education

Akbar didn’t win Battle of Haldighati, says Rajasthan Class 10 textbook

Rajasthan board's Class 10 textbook claims that Mughal Emperor Akbar's victory over Mewar's Maharana Pratap 'was not certified'

1 min read25 Jul 2017
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Excerpt: Culture Of Encounters—Sanskrit At The Mughal Court

A new book details how this Sanskrit epic was treated as a politically important work in the Mughal court

7 min read14 Mar 2016
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The Mughal Hrithik Roshan

The Mughal Hrithik Roshan

2 min read24 Jun 2011

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