These seven magnificent monuments, built by visionary queens and empresses, stand as enduring symbols of power, devotion, and ...

The Taj Mahal, built by Shah Jahan for Mumtaz Mahal, once featured a 466 kg gold finial that vanished in 1810, likely taken by British officer Joseph Taylor. The current finial is a less grand fourth ...

A urangzeb, or Alamgir I, was the sixth and most controversial of Mughal emperors, whose name still stirs strong emotions more than 300 years after his death. He won the war of succession by edging ...