1504- Babur captures Kabul, making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire
1526- In a battle at Panipat Babur defeats the sultan of Delhi, launching the Mughal empire in India
1530- The first Mughal emperor, Babur, dies in India and is succeeded by his son, Humayun
1543- Humayun, driven west into Afghanistan by Sher Shah, loses his family's new inheritance in India
1555- Humayun in Shah Tahmasp's court
1556- Humayun dies and Akbar, the greatest of the Mughal emperors, inherits the throne at the age of thirteen
1571- Akbar builds his new palace of Fatehpur Sikri close to the shrine of a Sufi saint
1605- On the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mughal throne
1628- Jahangir was succeeded by his second son Khurram popularly known as Shah Jahan
1632- Shah Jahan begins building the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal
1658-Shah Jahan held captive by his son Aurangzeb in Red Fort in Agra
1673- Aurangzeb begins construction of Badshahi Mosque in Lahore
1701- Decline of Mughal empire begins with the death of Aurangzeb
