Monarchs of India
4 monarchs
Akbar
1556-1605Babur grandson, crowned at 13 after Panipat II, Akbar tripled the empire. He abolished the jizya, married Rajput princesses, Din-i...
Shah Jahan
1628-1658The Peacock Throne, the Kohinoor seat, Shah Jahan ruled the Mughal zenith of wealth. The Taj Mahal, 22 years, 20,000 workers, for ...
Aurangzeb
1658-1707Won the throne over his brothers, executed Dara Shikoh. Pious, austere, personal Quran copying, he banned music at court, reimpose...
Ashoka
268-232 BCChandragupta grandson, Ashoka took Kalinga in a war so bloody, 100,000 dead, he turned Buddhist. The edicts, pillars and rocks acr...