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Notes on
Indian History
Mughal Empire - I
1. Mughals belonged to a branch of
the Turks named after Chaghtai, the
second son of Chingez Khan, the famous
Mongol leader.
2. The foundation of the Mughal
empire in India was laid by Babur, who
was a Chaghtai Turk. He descended from
his fathers side from Timur and was
connected on his mothers side with
Chingez Khan.
3. In 1494, at the age of 11 years,
Babur inherited the small principality of
Farghana, now a province of Chinese
Turkistan.
4. Babur was later deprived of his
own patrimony of Farghana and had to
spend his days as homeless wanderer for
about a year. During this time, while
staying with a village headman, he heard
the story of Timurs exploits in India from
a old lady and this inspired him to begin
preparations to conquer India.
5. Babur occupied Kabul in 1504 and
after this it took him 12 years to advance
into the heart of India.
6. Daulat Khan, the most powerful
noble of Punjab, who was discontended
with Ibrahim Lodhi, invited Babur to
invade India.
7. Babur occupied Lahore in 1524 but
had to retreat to Kabul after Daulat Khan
turned against him once he realised that
Babur had no desire to give up his Indian
conquests.