Two emperors, one India: Akbar and Modi share a single-minded focus on power – but nothing more

Parvati Sharma

· Jan 29, 2024 · 07:30 am

From the pages of ‘Baburnama’, amazing illustrations of Hindustan’s birds and animals

Ursula Sims-Williams

· Aug 23, 2023 · 07:30 pm

Listen: A dhrupad composed by Tansen, long considered a touchstone of musical ‘authenticity’

Aneesh Pradhan

· Jan 08, 2022 · 07:30 am

Weekend Quiz: Which Mughal emperor commissioned the Iyar-e-Danish manuscript?

The Heritage Lab

· Oct 24, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Notes scribbled in a 14th-century musical treatise trace Aurangzeb’s journey from Delhi to Kashmir

Jenny Norton-Wright

· Aug 03, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Tracing the origins of a manuscript that became the cornerstone of Islamic law in British India

Jonathan Lawrence

· Apr 27, 2020 · 08:30 pm

In the lockdown, a reminder of the missing histories of women at work

Aparna Kapadia

· Apr 27, 2020 · 07:30 am

We know all about warrior queens like Lakshamibai. Let’s talk of medieval India's businesswomen

Aparna Kapadia

· Mar 07, 2020 · 07:30 am

Kababs, kulfis, qormas: Forgotten recipes from Shah Jahan’s kitchens get a second life in this book

Salma Yusuf Husain

· May 18, 2019 · 11:30 am

The story of a lost princely state founded by a veteran of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India

Jahandad Khan

· Apr 07, 2019 · 08:30 pm

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

Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh: How did the attire of the Sikh gurus change so dramatically?

Haroon Khalid

· Jan 18, 2019 · 12:30 pm

How Bahadur Shah Zafar’s daughter had to flee from Delhi after he lost his empire

Khwaja Hasan Nizami Rana Safvi

· Nov 01, 2018 · 08:30 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

Interview: Why has India forgotten one of its greatest monarchs, a Mughal empress?

Maria Thomas, qz.com

· Sep 17, 2018 · 05:30 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

Drama series tracing rise and fall of Mughal Empire in the works

Scroll Staff

· Jul 12, 2018 · 01:51 pm

Born of 1857 war, the British legacy of divide and rule still holds sway in India, Pakistan today

Haroon Khalid

· Jun 15, 2018 · 01:00 pm

‘What next, Deen Dayal Upadhyay chicken?’: Mughalsarai renaming gets roasted on Twitter

Scroll Staff

· Jun 06, 2018 · 01:45 pm

Mughal branding in Hindutva India: Why does a private company want to adopt the Red Fort?

Shoaib Daniyal

· May 02, 2018 · 06:30 am