Spread Of India Research Paper

The Mughal’s expansion of India began in 1526, when the first Mughal emperor, Babur, invaded Hindustan, known as north India during the time of the attack. Before his invasion of India, Babur, at the age of 15, conquered Samarkand, also known as “the pearl of the Eastern Muslim world”. However, Babur failed to keep the city under his regime and was disposed of by the Uzbeks. Shortly after being kicked out of his own empire, Babur gathered a large group of soldiers and set his eyes on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. When Babur arrived in India, he was very displeased with the foods within the land. Food meant the world to Babur and he was even more disappointed when most Hindustanis were vegetarian when he arrived. The food relations between the Mughals and India wasn’t always leaning on the dark side. As many new cultural dishes were introduced into the Mughal Court, multiple identities were shared and collaborated with each other.

Biryani is a special Indian dish, that originated in North India. The specifics of its creation are still unknown till this day. For the Mughal Court, biryani

As Akbar tried to spread multiple culture heritages throughout India, he himself took upon new customs. Hindustan’s popularity of becoming vegetarian rubbed off on Akbar himself. Akbar wasn’t the only Mughal emperor who grew accustomed to the themes surrounding them. Collingham states, Akbar “also developed a distaste for meat and became virtually vegetarian. Babur and Humayun had occasionally renounced meat or alcohol as a sign of the purity” (Collingham 30). Akbar also held religious gatherings every Friday with Islamic scholars, Brahmans, Jains, Parsees, and even Portuguese Jesuits. All these different ideas intrigued Akbar to learn more about different people and they way think, they way they lived. All this desire to learn about different cultures was thanks to