Feeling an affinity with Alexander the Great, Akbar commissioned a special manuscript on his life

Ursula Sims Wiliams

· Feb 21, 2023 · 09:30 pm

‘Akbar of Hindustan’: Parvati Sharma’s biography presents its subject with all his ambiguities

Supriya Nair

· Apr 30, 2022 · 08:30 am

In the midst of millenarian chaos, the charismatic presence of Akbar – the perfect ruler

Kavita Singh

· Aug 07, 2021 · 11:30 am

As Jahangir contemplates a portrait of his father, a reversal of our ideas about dreams and reality

Kavita Singh

· Jul 18, 2021 · 08:30 am

How Ira Mukhoty’s biography of Akbar often uses unorthodox methods to chronicle a grand life story

Akshaj Awasthi

· Jun 14, 2020 · 08:30 am

The making of Akbar’s complicated harem, where Rajput women played a critical role

Ira Mukhoty

· Apr 29, 2020 · 08:30 am

Viewed through a modern lens, Mughal emperor Akbar was a role model in many ways in India and Europe

Manimugdha S Sharma

· Oct 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Agra Fort: A visit in search of Mumtaz Mahal reveals what lay beneath the Mughals’ royal palace

Timeri N Murari

· Jun 20, 2019 · 07:30 am

Akbar was not ‘great’, used to misbehave with women, claims Rajasthan BJP chief

Scroll Staff

· Jun 07, 2019 · 09:32 am

Gujarat’s medieval cities were once the biggest in the world – as a viral video reminds us

Aparna Kapadia

· Mar 30, 2019 · 08:00 am

Glimpses of ‘Divan-i-Hijri’, a book of poems in the collection of Humayun’s wife Hamidah Banu

Ursula Sims-Williams

· Sep 29, 2018 · 09:30 pm

From Mughal times to today’s poll-bound Pakistan, the battle of legacies goes way back

Haroon Khalid

· Jul 20, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Maharana Pratap, not Akbar, was great, says Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath

Scroll Staff

· Jun 15, 2018 · 09:40 am

On Lohri, remembering Dulla Bhatti, the landlord who stood up to the mighty Akbar

Haroon Khalid

· Jan 12, 2018 · 12:30 pm

In battle for India’s soul, there are Maharana Prataps willing to fight for ideas they believe in

Ajaz Ashraf

· May 29, 2017 · 08:00 am

This fantastical book shows us an Akbar and a Fatehpur Sikri never seen before

Shireen Quadri

· Apr 22, 2017 · 08:30 am

Rajasthan ministers want to rewrite history books to show Maharana Pratap won Battle of Haldighati

Scroll Staff

· Feb 09, 2017 · 12:04 pm

How ascetics and yogis were depicted in Indian paintings from the Mughal era

J.P. Losty

· Sep 02, 2016 · 07:30 pm

VK Singh wants Delhi's Akbar Road renamed – but sent his request to the wrong government branch

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· May 18, 2016 · 10:00 am