With his victory at Panipat, Babur forged the Moghul dynasty, an empire of unimaginable wealth and power that reshaped the destiny of India. For two centuries, its rulers commanded vast armies, built wonders that defied time, and presided over a civilization unmatched in splendor. But even the mightiest of empires must bow to the wheel of history, and in the 18th century, the Moghul dynasty fell, swept aside by the relentless advance of British colonial domination.
Panipat. April, 21 1526.
Hindustani Forces: ~ 40,000 Soldiers and up to 1,000 War Elephants.
Moghul Forces: ~ 10,000 Afghan Soldiers and up to 5,000 Allied Soldiers.
Additional Reading and Episode Research:
- Beveridge Translation: The Babur-nama in English: Memoirs of Babur.
- Lamb, Harold. Babur the Tiger.
- Lane-Poole, Stanley. Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule.
- Williams, L.F. An Empire Builder of the Sixteenth Century.
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