Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
Babur, descendent of Mongols, invades northern India; Humayun, Babur's son, rules (1530-1540); Akbar, Humayun's son (1556-1605); Jahangir, Akbar's son, (1605-1627); Taj Mahal built (1632); Aurangzeb (1658-1707); Sepoy Rebellion (1857) ends dynasty; "Although himself a Muslim, the philosophical Akbar invited scholars of many faiths to his court and appointed Hindus to high government posts. He married a Hindu princess and allowed his subjects to worship as they pleased." He put down fiercely the occasional uprisings. "Mogul occupation created a melting pot of Arab and Persian thought in India. . . . Although the British backed a Mogul emperor until 1857, by the beginning of the 1800s English supremacy in India had become a reality." [National Geographic Almanac, p. 194-5] "In later life, he rejected orthodox Islam in favor of a more mystical universal faith." [DK Timelines, p. 282] "Despite the sheer size of the kingdom at its height and the military genius of some of its emperors, despite the brilliance of its courts and the craftsmanship of its luxury products, despite even a sophisticated banking and credit network, the system was weak at the core." [Kennedy: Great Powers, p. 9-13]