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A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer‚ dancer‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs (nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj. [1] [2]
The Mughal Harem was the harem of Mughal emperors of the Indian subcontinent. The term originated with the Near East , meaning a "forbidden place; sacrosanct, sanctum", and etymologically related to the Arabic حريم ḥarīm , "a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family" and حرام ḥarām , "forbidden; sacred".
Nautch dancers in Old Delhi, c. 1874 Nautch dancer in Calcutta, c. 1900 A Raja awaits the arrival of Nautch dancers A Nautch girl performing, 1862. The nautch (/ ˈ n ɔː tʃ /, meaning "dance" or "dancing" from Hindustani: "naach") [1] was a popular court dance performed by girls (known as "nautch girls") in later Mughal and colonial India. [2]
Travels in India during the Chandragupta II era: Classical Chinese: Faxian: Chandragupta II: 375-415 CE [citation needed] Magadha: Bihar: Shakuntala: Drama: Drama about a girl forgotten by her husband: Sanskrit: Kalidasa: Chandragupta II: 375-415 CE [citation needed] Magadha: Bihar: Meghadūta: Drama: Story of a cloud carrying a message amongst ...
This is a list of Mughal empresses. Most of these empresses were either from branches of the Timurid dynasty , from the royal houses or families of Persian nobles. Alongside Mughal emperors , these empresses played a role in the building up and rule of the Mughal Empire in South Asia , from the early 16th century to the early 18th century.
The closest to an official name for the empire was Hindustan, which was documented in the Ain-i-Akbari. [28] Mughal administrative records also refer to the empire as "dominion of Hindustan" (Wilāyat-i-Hindustān), [29] "country of Hind" (Bilād-i-Hind), "Sultanate of Al-Hind" (Salṭanat(i) al-Hindīyyah) as observed in the epithet of Emperor Aurangzeb [30] or endonymous identification from ...
Early Indian history does not have an equivalent of chronicles (like the ones established in the West by Herodotus in the 5th century BC or Kojiki / Nihongi in Japan): "with the single exception of Rajatarangini (History of Kashmir), there is no historical text in Sanskrit dealing with the whole or even parts of India" (R. C. Majumdar). [3]
Map of the Mughal Empire at its greatest extent, under Aurangzeb C.1707 [21]. The Mughal Empire has often been called the last golden age of India. [22] [23] It was founded in 1526 by Babur of the Barlas clan, after his victories at the First Battle of Panipat and the Battle of Khanwa, against the Delhi Sultanate and Rajput Confederation, respectively.