A new NCERT book of social science for Class 8 describes Mughal ruler Aurangzeb as the one who banned "un-Islamic" practices in India and Akbar as a blend of "brutality" and “tolerance”. The book, ...

Akbar's reign was a "blend of brutality and tolerance", while Aurangzeb was a military ruler who banned "un-Islamic" ...

Under restoration since 2018, a 60-foot-tall Mughal-era masterpiece will finally be brought back to her former glory after ...

Summary Indo-Portuguese ivory and wooden Christian art has been historically overlooked despite its cross-cultural richness.

At an exhibition at New Delhi's DAG, Swapna Liddle showed how Mughal art styles evolved as the East India Company ...

India’s rich and diverse history is beautifully etched in the walls of its magnificent forts, which stand as timeless sentinels of the nation’s glorious past. These awe-inspiring structures, scattered ...

Sheesh Mahal in Delhi's Shalimar Bagh was built in 1653 by Izz-un-Nissa Begum, wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, as a ...

Mughal emperors, renowned for their artistic and cultural influence, adorned themselves with gemstones that symbolized power and recorded history. The ...

Teen Chhatris in Ghaziabad is said to have been built by Humayun to honour a water carrier. Conservationists want to restore it, but the community tending to it fears losing its kabristan.

Holi and Islam may seem unrelated today, but during the Mughal era, emperors embraced the festival as Eid-e-Gulabi or Aab-e-Pashi. Akbar, Jahangir, and Shahjahan played Holi grandly, with royal ...

This Mughal princess challenged Turkey all by herself, single-handedly shook the Ottoman Empire; she was Emperor Akbar’s… Gulbadan Begum is best known for penning the Humayun-Nama, an ...

Structurally, the exhibition is organised around the conventional imperial triad of Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan – figures who have long dominated narratives of Mughal art.