Mughal emperor Aurangzeb got his brother Dara Shikoh beheaded in Delhi and presented his head to their father, ... THE FINAL BATTLE TO THE PEACOCK THRONE. A battle in the 17th century, ...

Mughal emperors, renowned for their artistic and cultural influence, adorned themselves with gemstones that symbolized power and recorded history. The ...

The Peacock Throne was considered one of the wonders of the world and a symbol of Mughal power and glory. It was looted and destroyed by Nadir Shah in 1739, and only some fragments of it remain today.

Persian king Nadir Shah seated upon the Peacock Throne. ... the golden throne came not so much from epic heroes but the emperor Aurangzeb around 1699-1700. The fate of regal seats, however, ...

Aurangzeb got the throne the old-fashioned way: He defeated his three brothers and threw his father in jail. Aurangzeb's annual revenue was said to have been more than 10 times that of his ...

Aurangzeb “evoked a mixture of admiration and aversion right from the moment of his succession to the Mughal throne,” said Abhishek Kaicker, a historian of Persianate South Asia at UC Berkeley.