Patna was made the provincial capital by the Afghan ruler Sher Shah Suri. He recognized the strategic importance of the site, which stood at the junction of several major rivers. Sher Shah renovated and fortified the city in 1541, renaming ...
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The two major Deccan Sultanates conquered and annexed by Emperor Aurangzeb were Bijapur (1686) and Golconda (1687). These military campaigns in the South were the final acts of Mughal expansion, bringing the empire to its greatest geographical extent. However, the ...
The Panch Mahal (Five-Storey Palace) in Fatehpur Sikri, built by Akbar, resembles a Buddhist Vihara in its design. Its structure consists of five stories, decreasing in size upwards, supported by columns. The open-sided, pillared pavilions, reminiscent of ancient monasteries, were ...