mughal

Donyaa means world in Persian, which was the first language of the Mughal Empire.

Point in case, the most recent Afghanistan conqurer was Mughal Empire, who was originated from Indian sub-continent Afghanistan.

Dalrymple fails to mention that the Mughal Empire wasn't exactly the most sound of economic masters over the subcontinent.

That's what happened to the Mughal Empire, the Roman Empire, and countless other seemingly untouchable empires of the past.

Gujarat and Deccan Famine (1630–1632): One of the most devastating famines in pre-colonial India occurred during the Mughal era.

If it comes to the issue of more power, there's plenty of this happening in history - ex: Mughal empire.

Firstly, the political turmoil at the time of the dissolution of the Mughal empire, which reduced agricultural productivity, among other things.

India knew around no global famines and very few local ones (none around the Bengal) in ~300 years of Mughal rule.

The area of the Mughal empire is most definitely both religiously and ethnically cleansed.

For decades Mughal princes had been controlling monetary flows by printing new currencies every year or so, causing rapid inflation in old currencies.

Is this particular distribution related to either the Mughal or British invasions?

There were several great famines during the Mughal reign in India, for example, Peter Mundy, the English merchant and traveller, describes the great famine of Deccan and Gujrat.

I bought his book "The last Mughal" last year but haven't managed to read it yet.

Okay, compare the muslim/"Mughal" invasion of India to oh, say 100 Hiroshima's.

Mughal campaigns in Central Asia was also about plundering and ruling India, it's not the other way round.

Mughal rule in India was very inconsistent depending on the ruler in power at the time.

Mughal ceilings, let your mirrored convexities multiply me at once under your spell tonight.