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@Contrarian I think that in the situations of Large Empires, constant wars are inevetible to maintain the integrity of these lands and forcibly induce the loyalty of subject peoples and tributary kings. I would draw similarity between Mughal Rulers who had to make war against Rajputr...

Central asian eh? Very interesting ! I never knew that. Will have to brush up into my early history of Mughal rulers...!

Portrait of Mughal Emperor Zahir ud-Din Mohammad (Babur) (1483-1530) Remark: Is it me or does His Imperial Majesty Babur look very...East Asian in appearance ? And exceedingly fair skinned, too. :) Yes, indeed! He was renowned to use heavy cavalry ...mercilessly !

I think that is an unfair generalization.

In every Great Empires, there are some overly zealous rulers. In the Roman Empire, there was Commodus, Caligula, Nero. Araungzeb may have been a militant ruler, but the austerity and enlightened rule of previous Emperors should not be ignored.

Mughal Court Life, and Warrior Shahs

Mughal Heavy Cavalry

Mughal Horseman

The Army of the Mughal Empire

They were also marvelous in their division of regional offices, and the postal system at the time. Wealth and goods travelled as far east as Bangla to as west as present day Afghanistan! As far north as Punjab and as far south as Hyderbad.

One can even credit the administrative processes of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Great Emperors such as Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Akbar the Great, Babur, Azam Shah etc for providing the basic tenets of regional administrative offices, regional governors, postal system, and thus contributed...

Now now brother... :lol: Pakistan is Great as it is, no need to conquer more lands.

Okay. Good to know. I just personally believe that the Government of India should do well to preserve historical sites, especially royal palaces.

Yes, that is true. The Mughal Empire was another force that was way and above pre-existing muslim precursor states.

We cannot deny that Mongols (Yuan Dynasty) intermarried with the Chinese people as well as noble families. Thus, we can safely say that Mongol blood was injected into the Chinese people. The Manchu , which are related to Jurchen tribes, and whose language and writing systems are very similar to...

Converted Royal Palaces into resorts!? This is wrong. These should be preserved as repositories of history and culture!

Technically, he was descendent of the Timurid Dynasty and most of what is know India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, parts of Bangladesh and even parts of Iran were once part of that Empire.

My friend, even in China, the Qing Dynasty. Did you know that the Emperor of China under the Qing Dynasty was referred to as: "Great Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and Grand Khan of Tartary, Lord of 10,000 Years and Son of Heaven...." As the Qing Emperors were originally Manchu people,...and...

Jahangir is also a revolutionary leader if we were to study his life. He was very open to the hinduism and buddhism practiced in the subcontinent. He was even credited to welcome christians to the subcontinent. One can credit his almost spiritualism for this acceptance of the many religions ...

Ah, the son of Jahangir the Great ! ;)