The mughal empire was the last empire which ruled the subcontinent. It was the last [seemingly] golden age of the subcontinent. During it many monuments were built like the taj mahal‚ the peacock throne‚ badshahi mosque e.t.c which seem itregal to the indian culture. The mughals influenced the cuisine‚ architechture and even the language (Urdu/Hindi) which devoloped during its time. The 300 years the mughals ruled undoubtedly influenced the way India is. Just the way the mughal rule is very important
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The founder of the Mughal empire‚ Babur‚ described his favourite type of garden as a charbagh. This word developed a new meaning in India‚ as Babur explains; India lacked the fast-flowing streams required for the Central Asian charbagh. The Agra garden‚ now known as the Ram Bagh‚ is thought to have been the first charbagh. India‚ Bangladesh and Pakistan have a number of Mughal gardens which differ from their Central Asian predecessors with respect to "the highly disciplined geometry". An early textual
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Mughal architecture‚ an amalgam of Islamic‚ Persian and Indian architecture‚ is the distinctive style developed by the Mughal Empire in India in the 16th and 17th centuries. All the early Mughal Rulers except Aurangzeb were great bui1ders. With the coming of the Mughals‚ Indian architecture was greatly influenced by Persian styles. The Mughals constructed excellent mausoleums‚ mosques‚ forts‚ gardens and cities. The Mughal buildings show a uniform pattern both in structure and character. The main
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MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION | | |by | |Abdur Rahim Sajid | |M.Phil-I | |
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MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE All the early Mughal Rulers except Aurangzeb were great bui1ders. With the coming of the Mughals‚ Indian architecture was greatly influenced by Persian styles. The Mughals constructed excellent mausoleums‚ mosques‚ forts‚ gardens and cities. The Mughal buildings show a uniform pattern both in structure and character. The main characteristic features of Mughal architecture are the bulbous domes‚ the slender minarets with cupolas at the four corners‚ large halls‚ massive vaulted
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Introduction the Mughal The Mughal empire established by Babur was vast and extensive in the beginning of the eighteenth century. But by the close of the century‚ it had shrunk into a few kilometers in and around Delhi. On the whole the decline of the Mughal empire can be attributed to many factors. The process of decay had begun from the time of Aurangzeb and reached its culmination during the rule of his successors. In this ‚ we shall discuss the various causes for the downfall of the Mughal empire. REASONS
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Mughal Garden‚ Lister Park‚ Bradford Green Space of the Month — September 2003 Contact Joy Leach‚ Friends of Lister Park on 01274 223665 Hawarun.Hussain‚ Bradford City Primary Care Trust‚ Hawarun.Hussain@bdct.n Introduction This historically important park in a famous old Yorkshire mill town cost over £4 million to restore. A key new feature introduced to this award-winning park is the Mughal garden designed to reflect the rich Asian cultural heritage of Bradford. Used by local communities
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Mughal Era In 1526‚ Babur‚ a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley(modern day Uzbekistan)‚ swept across theKhyber Pass and established the Mughal Empire‚ covering modern day Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ India and Bangladesh.[79] However‚ his son Humayun was defeated by the Afghan warrior Sher Shah Suri in the year 1540‚ and Humayun was forced to retreat to Kabul. After Sher Shah’s death‚ his son Islam Shah Suri and the Hindu king Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya‚ who had won
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Mughal architecture Mughal architecture‚ an amalgam of Islamic‚ Persian‚ Turkish and Indian architecture‚ is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th‚ 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India‚ Pakistan‚ Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style. The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of Babur at Panipat in 1526 (the Battle of Panipat) . During his five-year reign‚ Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings‚ though few have
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The Mughal and the Ottoman Empires were two of the greatest and most powerful civilizations of the ancient period. Their fame and glory in the sixteenth century represented the zenith of art‚ architecture‚ and human creativity. These eminent empires were the largest and the most influential civilizations of the Muslim world‚ and their splendor reached as far as Europe. The two most important rulers of these empires were Akbar the Great and Suleiman the Magnificent‚ under whose reign the empire reached
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