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The Mughal Golden Age

The Early Modern World

The Mughal Golden Age was the period of the Mughal Empire's greatest prosperity, territorial extent and architectural achievement, running from Akbar's accession through Shah Jahan's reign, when the splendour of the Mughal court reached its peak as exemplified by the Taj Mahal, to Aurangzeb's reign, which brought the empire to its greatest territorial extent.

Facts
Start Year
1556 1
End Year
1707 2
Geographic Scope
South Asia, from the Indus River Basin and northern Afghanistan in the west and Kashmir in the north to Assam and Bengal in the east and the Deccan Plateau in South India. 3
Connections

In Era

The Early Modern Period, Eras

Includes

Akbar, Historical Figures
Source Wikipedia: Akbar
The Mughal Empire, Polities

Preceded By

The Delhi Sultanate Period, Eras

Sequence of periods following the standard historical periodization

Related To

The Maratha Period, Eras
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Found In

Asia

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Bengal

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Kashmir

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South Asia

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Akbar
WikipediaLead section
Quote, Lead section
Akbar succeeded Humayun on 14 February 1556, while in the midst of a war against Sikandar Shah to reclaim the Mughal throne.
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2. Wikipedia: Aurangzeb
WikipediaLead section
Quote, Lead section
Alamgir I (Muhi al-Din Muhammad; 3 November 1618 - 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707.
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3. Wikipedia: Mughal Empire
Wikipedia
  • Reign narrative section
    During the reign of Shah Jahan, the splendour of the Mughal court reached its peak, as exemplified by the Taj Mahal.
  • Lead section
    the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.
  • In Group: Eras Beginning from 1501 to 1603 CE, Lead paragraph
    The Mughal Empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur
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