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Conflict South Asia

Mughal–Deccan Wars

1595 CE – 1707 CE · 112 years

Century-long Mughal campaigns to conquer the Deccan sultanates of southern India, culminating in Aurangzeb's exhausting obsession that drained the empire's strength.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Mughal Empire
  • Deccan Sultanates (Ahmadnagar, Bijapur, Golconda)

Key moments

Defining events in the Mughal–Deccan Wars.

  1. 1600 Siege of Ahmadnagar
  2. 1686 Fall of Bijapur
  3. 1687 Fall of Golconda

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · South Asia

Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Islamic and Hindu states

Attested 1530 CE – 1650 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Maratha Empire Expansion

1674 CE – 1761 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Meenakshi Temple

1600 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Ceylon

Attested 1650 CE – 1938 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Mughal–Maratha Wars

1680 CE – 1707 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Golden Temple

1604 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Orissa

Attested 1000 CE – 1600 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1595 CE and 1707 CE.

1600 CE Meenakshi Temple 1604 CE Golden Temple 1632 CE Taj Mahal 1656 CE Jama Masjid 1673 CE Badshahi Mosque

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Taj MahalYann; edited by Jim Carter · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Meenakshi Templeஎஸ்ஸார் · CC BY 3.0
  • Flag of Sri LankaOriginal: Sri Lanka Vectorization: Zscout370, Mike Rohsopht · Public domain
  • Deccan warsJustus Perthes, Gotha./Charles Joppen, Charles [SJ.] (1907) A Historical Atlas of … · Public domain
  • Golden TempleShagil Kannur · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • OdishaUdayakuni · CC BY-SA 3.0