The
social and economic life on India underwent many changes during the Mughal
period. There were rich contributions in the fields of architecture, painting
and literature.
The Mughal Empire
dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and
environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asian adventurer, in
1526 to the final trial and exile of the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the
hands of the British in 1858. Throughout the empire's three centuries of rise,
pre eminence and decline, it remained a dynamic and complex entity.
The Mughal
Empire, was
an empire in Asia which existed from 1526 to 1858. The
Mughal rule over India is called Empire because it stretched over a
large area.
Babur founded
the Mughal Empire in 1526 and ruled until 1530.
He was followed
by Humayun (1530-1540) and (1555-1556),
Akbar from
1556-1605, Jahangir from 1605-1627,
Shah Jahan from
1627-1658,
Aurangzeb
from 1658-1707
and several other
minor rulers until Bahadur Shah Zafar II 1837-1857.
After the death of
Aurangzeb, the Mughal Empire became weak. It continued until 1857-58. By that
time, India came under the British Raj.
List of Mughal
Emperors:
• Babur (1526-1530)
• Humayun (1530-1540,
1555-1556)
• Akbar (1556-1605)
• Jahangir
(1605-1627)
• Shah Jahan
(1627-1658)
• Aurangzeb (1658-1707)
• Bahadur Shah
(1707-1712)
• Jahandar Shah (1712-1713)
• Furrukhsiyar (1713-1719)
• Rafi ul-Darjat (1719-1719)
• Rafi ud-Daulat (1719-1719)
• Nikusiyar (1719-1743)
• Mohammed Ibrahim
(1720-1744)
• Mohammed Shah
(1719-1720, 1720-1748)
• Ahmad Shah Bahadur
(1748-1754)
• Alamgir II (1754-1759)
• Shah Jahan III
(1759-1759)
• Shah Alam II (1759-1806)
• Akbar Shah II
(1806-1837)
• Bahadur Shah II
(1837-1857)