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making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire
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In a battle at Panipat Babur defeats the sultan of Delhi, launching the Mughal empire in India.
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Victory at Khanua, over a Hindu confederation of Rajput rulers, brings Babur a tenuous control over most of northwest India
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Humayun, driven west into Afghanistan by Sher Shah, loses his empire.
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A Civil war within India enables Humayun to win a battle at Sirhind and recover the Mughal throne
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He is only 13
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Akbar builds his new palace of Fatehpur Sikri close to the shrine of a Sufi saint
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The tomb in Delhi of the Mughal emperor Humayun introduces the shape of dome which characterizes his dynasty's architecture
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The Mughal school of painting reaches a peak of perfection in the reign of Jahangir
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Shah Jahan begins building the Taj Mahal as a memorial for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
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Shah Jahan orders that all recently built Hindu temples shall be destroyed, ending the Mughal tradition of religious tolerance.
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For the final years of his life Shah Jahan is held a prisoner, by his son Aurangzeb, in Agra's Red Fort
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The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb begins building the great Badshahi Mosque in Lahore
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This starts the long period of decline in which the British east empire counqured the Mughals