About five centuries ago, India was the centre of a thriving empire under the leadership of Akbar the Great: India produced about a quarter of the world’s GDP and the people flourished under Akbar’s ...

Photo taken on March 24, 2013 shows the interior view of Mughal Emperor Akbar's tomb in Agra, India. The tomb of Mughal Emperor Akbar, built from 1605 to 1613, is in the Mughal style combining designs ...

In a famous anecdote, the Mughal Emperor Akbar holds court with representatives of the major religions, who each take turns to make the case for their faith being the correct one. With their arguments ...

A part of a picture shows Jesuit priests Rodolpho Acquaviva and Antonio Monserrate (in black) attending a meeting in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar (Photo: Wikimedia) In a two-part series, Indian ...

An ambitious portrait of Akbar that plays with historical facts to reimagine, retell, and reveal the human side of the emperor The most loved Mughal emperor is brought to life in this period piece by ...

Emperor Akbar, the greatest of the Mughal emperors, who ruled India from 1556 till 1605, left a legacy of tolerance, virtuousness, harmony, and prosperity. Ira Mukhoty’s definitive and exhaustive ...

On the sidelines of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 was news of four sidelined seers, the shankaracharyas who were either not invited or refused to attend the ceremony.

Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar on Sunday called Mughal emperor Akbar “a rapist” and said that references calling him a “great personality” should be removed from school textbooks.

Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar expressed intentions to burn any books that depict Mughal emperor Akbar as a great figure. He stated that comparing Akbar to Maharana Pratap is disrespectful ...