Question

Islamic dynasty that ruled India from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries; the construction of the Taj Mahal is representative of their splendor; with the exception of the enlightened reign of Akbar, the increasing conflict between Hindus and Muslims was another of their legacies.

Answer 1

Answer:

All the statements are referring to the Mughal Dynasty.

Explanation:

The Great Mughal Empire was the most extensive empire that ruled most of India and parts of Afghanistan and Persia between 1526 and 1857. The kingdom was founded by the Timur ruler Babur in 1526 when he defeated Ibrahim Lod, the last ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi. The word mogul means Mongolian; the Mughals considered themselves descendants of the Mongols, both through the paternal ancestor of the family, Timur Lenk, and the mother of Babur. The Mughals were Islamic, but the majority of the population was Hindu.  

The base area of ​​the kingdom had been conquered by another Mughal ruler, Humayun, but under Akbar it was still growing considerably. Akbar's grandson Shah Jahan built the famous Taj Mahal in Agra between 1630 and 1653.

After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, the kingdom began to decline and made room for the Hindu Marathi kingdom. The Mughals still had some power for another 150 years, until the British finally disintegrated after the Sepoys rebellion in 1857.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Islamic Dynasty that ruled India referred here is the Mughal Dynasty.

Explanation:

Mughal dynasty, was a muslim dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century starting with the rule of Babur.

Taj Mahal was built by Shah-Jahan, who had a fine taste in architecture and built several splended architectural wonders during his reign, he built Taj Mahal in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal at Agra.

The Hindu-Muslim conflict grew during the time of Aurangzeb, who was a more conservative muslim figure as compared to his predecessors, temples were destroyed and also that was the time when militant sikhism was rising and Aurangzeb executed several sikh leaders like Guru Tegh Bahadur.