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In the Mughal era, Uttar Pradesh became the heartland of the empire. [13] Mughal emperors Babur and Humayun ruled from Agra. [19] [20] In 1540 an Afghan, Sher Shah Suri, took over the reins of Uttar Pradesh after defeating the Mughal king Humanyun. [21] Sher Shah and his son Islam Shah ruled Uttar Pradesh from their capital at Gwalior. [22]
By the middle of the century, present-day Uttar Pradesh was divided between several states: Oudh in the centre and east, ruled by a Nawab who owed allegiance to the Mughal Emperor but was de facto independent; Rohilkhand in the north, ruled by Afghans; the Marathas, who controlled the Bundelkhand region in the south, and the Mughal Empire ...
Lal Bagh entrance in Faizabad, Municipal Corporation of Ayodhya, as depicted in Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad by Thomas and William Daniell, 1801* (BL). [1]Awadh (Hindi: [əˈʋədʱ] ⓘ), known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a historical region in northern India, now constituting the northeastern portion of Uttar Pradesh.
Location of Bhitari, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, in India 25°34′00″N 83°17′20″E / 25.566654°N 83.288943°E / 25.566654; 83.288943 The Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta was discovered in the village of Bhitari near Saidpur in Uttar Pradesh and dates to the reign of Gupta Empire (Gop Empire, Gop in Sanskrit and Gupt in ...
The dynasty ruled over much of Uttar Pradesh and Magadha. Around 606, a large area of their empire was reconquered by the Later Guptas of Magadha . [ 3 ] According to Xuanzang , the territory may have been lost to King Shashanka of the Gauda Kingdom , who declared independence c. 600 .
Map of the Gupta Empire c. 420 CE, ... The Gupta Empire was an Indian empire during the ... The recently found silver coin of Sri Gupta in Uttar Pradesh further ...
Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II. Nawab Nasiruddin Haider. The Kingdom of Awadh (/ ˈ aʊ d /, [1] also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, Oudh Subah or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856.
Fatehpur Sikri (Hindi: [ˈfətɛɦpʊɾ ˈsiːkɾiː]) is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated 35.7 kilometres (22.2 mi) from the district headquarters of Agra , [ 3 ] Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar , serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar ...