Din-i Ilahi

Akbar (r. 1556-1605) turned the Mughal foothold in India into an empire of fifteen provinces. He rebuilt the central government, created the mansabdari service and the dah-sala revenue settlement, abolished the jizya, and pursued a religious policy his contemporaries judged very differently.

The Mughal Empire (1526-1857) ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for three centuries, from Babur's victory at Panipat to the deposition of Bahadur Shah Zafar. At its height it was among the wealthiest and most populous states in the world.