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What was the Mughal Empire?
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What was the Mughal Empire?

From Babur's 1526 landing at Panipat to the 1857 fall of Delhi — the dynasty that ruled a quarter of the world's economy and left the Taj Mahal behind.

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A fourteen-year-old king loses his kingdom twice, crosses the Indus with 12,000 men, and founds the richest state on earth. The Mughals ruled nearly the entire Indian subcontinent for three centuries — and their most famous monument is a tomb.

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From Babur's 1526 landing at Panipat to the 1857 fall of Delhi — the dynasty that ruled a quarter of the world's economy and left the Taj Mahal behind.…

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