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Who founded the Mughal Empire, and where?
Babur — descendant of both Timur and Genghis Khan — beat Ibrahim Lodi's elephants with field guns and flanking horse archers. Akbar, his grandson, built the empire's governing formula.
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The Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 1526 to the 18th century, formally ending in 1857. Founded by Babur at Panipat, consolidated by Akbar's tolerant statecraft, it built the Taj Mahal, generated perhaps a quarter of world economic output at its peak, and hollowed out after Aurangzeb — Nadir Shah's 1739 sack of Delhi marking the fall.
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