What happens when two visions for a kingdom collide—one driven by religious orthodoxy, the other by the spirit of independence? The 17th-century conflict between Emperor Aurangzeb and Chhatrapati ...

Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in his last will not only left instructions for his sons for his funeral, but he also told them how ...

Many of them are closely linked to the legendary Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who established the Maratha kingdom and fortified these structures to resist foreign invasions. Here are five of the ...

Shivaji was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the Sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Confederacy.