Mughal emperor
To Die or Not to Die
Ira Mukhoty
The perils of a binary reading of sources at odds with a complicated reality
The Truth About Gyanvapi
By Attempting to sanitise Aurangzeb’s anti-Hindu legacy, historians have done him a disservice
Aurangzeb: The Emperor of Counter-Reformation
Dara Shikoh’s defeat was a turning point in history as the concept of an inclusive India yielded to the supremacy of Islam. The consequences of the decisive battle of Samugarh were felt for more than three centuries despite the Mughal empire’s rapid disintegration under the weight of his victorious brother’s bigotry
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