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  Successive failures encouraged the first Mughal emperor to head for India and establish the Mughal Empire there While Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (1530-1483), the founder of the Mughal Empire, is seen and described as a great conqueror, he is also considered a great artist and a great writer in many circles. Babur historian Stephen Dale has written that it becomes difficult to decide whether Babur is more important as a king or as a poet and write r. Babur is considered as an invader, robber, usurper, anti-Hindu, cruel and oppressive king among those who have a certain ideology of the majority Hindu class in India today. Not limited to this, the ruling party of India looks against everything attributed to the Mughal Empire, not just Babur. About five hundred years ago, Babur founded an empire that is unique in itself. By defeating Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526, he established an empire in India which at its height held more than a quarter of the world's weal...

Savaari Car Rentals Blog Skip to content Gujarat’s gateway to the past – An Indus Valley civilization road trip

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Savaari Car Rentals Blog World  story  Skip to conte Gujarat’s gateway to the past – An Indus Valley civilization road t Ever  wondere d  what it’s like to travel through the pages of your history textbook? As we collectively learned about the Harappan civilization, it’s intriguing to realize that visualizing its grandeur doesn’t have to be merely a figment of our imagination. In fact, as Indians, we have the unique privilege of exploring the remnants of the Indus Valley Civilization, or the Harappan culture, a beacon of our rich and ancient heritage. This civilization, one of the world’s earliest urban cultures, thrived from 2500 to 1700 BCE, parallel with the grand civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Today, India boasts over 100 sites related to this millennia-old civilization scattered across various states. Harappa, Mohandas, Banawali, and Dholavira are the four main Harappan Sites.  This civilization once stretched from northeastern Afghanistan to Gujar...