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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]
Uttar Pradesh was home to most of the mainstream political entities that existed in ancient and medieval India including the Maurya Empire, Harsha Empire, Gupta Empire, Pala Empire, Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire as well as many other empires.
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 Pali) ruler Skandagupta (c. 455 – c. 467
The recently found silver coin of Sri Gupta in Uttar Pradesh attest the origin of Guptas around Kāśī–Kannauj region and his rule was only limited to Kāśī (present day Varanasi). [5] Of the 15 inscriptions issued during the first 150 years of the Gupta rule, 8 have been found in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
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 ...
The Jaunpur Sultanate (Persian: سلطنت جونپور) was a late medieval Indian Muslim state which ruled over much of what is now the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar between 1394 and 1494. [3] It was founded in 1394 by Khwajah-i-Jahan Malik Sarwar , an eunuch slave and former wazir of Sultan Nasiruddin Muhammad Shah IV Tughluq , amidst ...
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 .
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 ...