In this article we will discuss about the state of education during Mughal period in India. With the coming of the Mughals educational and cultural activities received great fillip. Babur, the first Mughal ruler, was a man of literary taste and possessed perfect knowledge of Persian, Arabic and Turkish. His memoirs, is a work of great literary importance. He had [...]
Golden Period of Architecture: Although all the Mughal rulers except Aurangzeb took great interest in architecture, yet Shah Jahan surpasses all in the field of architecture. There is no doubt that architecture reached the pinnacle of its glory during the period of Shah Jahan. The period of Shah Jahan (1627-1658) witnessed a glorious outburst of activity in the development of [...]
The Mughal period produced a vast literature. This was possible because the Mughal emperors were great patrons of literature. Apart from Persian and Hindi literature, Bengali and Punjabi literature also made strides. Some of the important source books in history were written. Babur and literary activities: Babur whose mother-tongue was Turkish wrote his 'Tuzak-i-Baburi' (Memories of Babur) in Turki. During [...]