Monarchs of India

4 monarchs

Akbar

1556-1605
IndiaMughal

Babur grandson, crowned at 13 after Panipat II, Akbar tripled the empire. He abolished the jizya, married Rajput princesses, Din-i...

Shah Jahan

1628-1658
IndiaMughal

The Peacock Throne, the Kohinoor seat, Shah Jahan ruled the Mughal zenith of wealth. The Taj Mahal, 22 years, 20,000 workers, for ...

Aurangzeb

1658-1707
IndiaMughal

Won the throne over his brothers, executed Dara Shikoh. Pious, austere, personal Quran copying, he banned music at court, reimpose...

Ashoka

268-232 BC
IndiaMaurya

Chandragupta grandson, Ashoka took Kalinga in a war so bloody, 100,000 dead, he turned Buddhist. The edicts, pillars and rocks acr...