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Babur captures Kabul, 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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The first Mughal emperor, Babur, dies in India and is succeeded by his son, Humayun
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Humayun, driven west into Afghanistan by Sher Shah, loses his family's new inheritance in Indi
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Civil war within India enables Humayun to win a battle at Sirhind and recover the Mughal throne
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1556 Humayun dies and Akbar, the greatest of the Mughal emperors, inherits the throne at the age of thirteen
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1571 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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On the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mughal throne
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The British East India establishes a 'factory' (a secure warehouse for the storing of Indian goods) at Surat, on the west coast
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Sir Thomas Roe, the first British ambassador to India, arrives at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir
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Sir Thomas Roe, the first British ambassador to India, arrives at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir
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The British East India Company completes the construction of Fort St George in Madras
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A young Hindu prince, Shivaji, captures Bijapur in a campaign against Muslim rulers that will result in his establishing a Maratha empire
