21 Facts About Mughals

The Mughals themselves claimed ultimate descent from Mongol Empire founder Genghis Khan.

Mughals established himself in Kabul and then pushed steadily southward into India from Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass.

Mughals created a new ruling elite loyal to him, implemented a modern administration, and encouraged cultural developments.

Mughals left his son an internally stable state, which was in the midst of its golden age, but before long signs of political weakness would emerge.

Mughals "was addicted to opium, neglected the affairs of the state, and came under the influence of rival court cliques".

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Mughals's reign ushered in the golden age of Mughal architecture.

Mughals's reign was called as "The Golden Age of Mughal Architecture".

Mughals encouraged conversion to Islam, reinstated the jizya on non-Muslims, and compiled the Fatawa al-Alamgir, a collection of Islamic law.

Mughals expanded the empire to include almost the whole of South Asia, but at his death in 1707, "many parts of the empire were in open revolt".

Mughals'storians have offered numerous explanations for the rapid collapse of the Mughal Empire between 1707 and 1720, after a century of growth and prosperity.

Mughals had multiple imperial capitals, established over the course of their rule.

Mughals were responsible for building an extensive road system, creating a uniform currency, and the unification of the country.

The empire had an extensive road network, which was vital to the economic infrastructure, built by a public works department set up by the Mughals which designed, constructed and maintained roads linking towns and cities across the empire, making trade easier to conduct.

Mughals adopted and standardised the rupee and dam currencies introduced by Sur Emperor Sher Shah Suri during his brief rule.

Mughals replaced the tribute system, previously common in India and used by Tokugawa Japan at the time, with a monetary tax system based on a uniform currency.

Under the zabt system, the Mughals conducted extensive cadastral surveying to assess the area of land under plow cultivation, with the Mughal state encouraging greater land cultivation by offering tax-free periods to those who brought new land under cultivation.

The Mughals introduced agrarian reforms, including the modern Bengali calendar.

The Mughals expanded cultivated land in the Bengal delta under the leadership of Sufis, which consolidated the foundation of Bengali Muslim society.

Mughals made a major contribution to the Indian subcontinent with the development of their unique Indo-Persian architecture.

Muzaffar Alam argues that the Mughals used Persian purposefully as the vehicle of an overarching Indo-Persian political culture, to unite their diverse empire.

Mughals was a notable writer who described the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and the cities of Allahabad and Delhi in rich detail and made note of the glories of the Mughal Empire.