MUGHAL THRONE, THE: The Saga of India’s Great Emperors

‘The story of Mughal India is intensely dramatic and colourful and Eraly’s lively text does justice to its subject…exciting reading’ – Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph. Illustrations In December 1525, Babur, the great grandson of the Mongol conqueror Tamberlaine, crossed the Indus river into the Punjab with a modest army. At the battle of Panipat five months later, he routed the mammoth army of the Afghan ruler of Hindustan. Mughal rule in India had begun. It was to continue for over three centuries, shaping India for all time. Full of dramatic episodes and colourful detail, The Mughal Empire tells the story of one of the world’s great empires.