Timeline of Mughal Dynasty

Babur captures Kabul, making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire

In a battle at Panipat Babur defeats the sultan of Delhi, launching the Mughal empire in India

The first Mughal emperor, Babur, dies in India and is succeeded by his son, Humayun

Humayun, driven west into Afghanistan by Sher Shah, loses his family's new inheritance in India

Humayun in Shah Tahmasp's court

Humayun dies and Akbar, the greatest of the Mughal emperors, inherits the throne at the age of thirteen

Akbar builds his new palace of Fatehpur Sikri close to the shrine of a Sufi saint

On the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mughal throne

Jahangir was succeeded by his second son Khurram popularly known as Shah Jahan

Shah Jahan begins building the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal

Shah Jahan held captive by his son Aurangzeb in Red Fort in Agra

Aurangzeb begins construction of Badshahi Mosque in Lahore

Decline of Mughal empire begins with the death of Aurangzeb