Over six generations, from father to son, the Great Moghuls captured, consolidated and profoundly influenced control of the sub-continent of India.
The Great Moghuls is a six-part series of half-hour films devoted to the lives of the most important Mughal emperors, beginning with the founder of the dynasty, Babur (reigned 1526–1530) and ending with Aurangzeb (r. 1658–1707).
He greatly extended the Moghul Empire, but Sikh resistance to his attempts to impose Islam hastened his decline.
The stability of the previous reign continues, and Jahangir (r. 1605–1627) — more the aesthete and less the man of action than his father—is the right person to enjoy it.
After murdering several relatives to secure the throne for himself, he built the world's most famous monument to love, the Taj Mahal.