The period from 1526 to 1707 is known as Mughal India. Decline of the Mughal Empire started with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707.
The Mughal Empire was founded in India in 1526 by Babur. The Empire was powerful until 1707. Decline of the Empire started from 1707 with the death of the last powerful King Aurangzeb. Absolute decline of the Mughal Empire happened in 1857.
The period between 1526 to 1857 in India's history is known as the Mughal period. The Mughal Empire was interrupted for a brief time from 1540 to 1555 by the Sur dynasty. From 1526 to 1707, six great Mughal Emperors ruled India. The Empire began to decline after the death of Aurangzeb.
Humayun was the eldest son Babur, the founder of Mughal dynasty of India. After the death of Babur in 1530, Humayun succeeded him. However, Sher Shah Suri defeated him and drove him out of India. In 1555, Humayun returned to India and the Mughal Empire was restored after defeating the Suri Kings.
the mughal empire came to an inglorious end.
Aurangzeb was last of the great Mughals. The Mughal Empire began to decline after the death of Aurangzeb. The Mughal rulers after him were weak rulers. Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty. The Mughal Empire was then replaced by the British East India Company.
The death of Aurangzeb, the 6th Mughal Emperor, in 1707, marked the decline of the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire ended when Bahadur Shah Zafar (1837-1857), was sent to Rangoon as a prisoner by the British, followed by the 1857 war of independence. He died in 1862.
Sir William Hunter wrote in 1893 that the British "won India, not from the Mughals, but from the Hindus. Before we appeared as conquerors, the Mughal empire had broken up. They were invaded in 1716 by the Sikhs
Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty of India, was the ruler of Fergana in Uzbekistan. After defeating the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, he stayed in India and laid foundations of a new empire in 1526. Babur's son Humayun, the second Mughal Emperor, was defeated by the Afghan King Sher Shah Suri and he had to leave India. However, after defeating Sher Shah's successor, he returned to India and re-established the Mughal Empire. After the death of Humayun, the Hindu King Hemu occupied the throne of India for a short time. Hemu was defeated in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556 by the Mughal army of Akbar. The Mughal Empire was re-established under Akbar the Great, which lasted until 1857.
The Emir Timur and his armies from Central asia. The Timurid dynasty became an Empire and 200 years after Timur's death became the Mughal Empire.
I believe it was King Ashoka, because I am unfamiliar with Mughal-e-Azam I cannot be positive but I am aware that shortly after the death of King Ashoka the Mauryan Empire of Ancient India faced it's decline.
The classic period of the Mughal Empire starts with the accession of Jalaluddin Mohammad, better known as Akbar the Great, in 1556 and ends with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, although the Empire continued for another 150 years. Info. Source- Wikipedia