Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ( Shāhān-e Moġul; ; self-designation: گوركانى - Gūrkānī), or Mogul (also Moghul) Empire in former English usage, was an Indian-Islamic power that ruled a large portion of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of South Asia by the late 17th and early 18th centuries by forming alliance with Indian Maharaja, and ended in the mid-19th century.