Muslim dynasty{1526(Established by Babar) to 1707(death of Aurangzeb)} of Turkic-Mongol origin that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century, after which it continued to exist but considerably reduced and increasingly powerless entity until the mid-19th century. www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/396125/Mughal-dynasty en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire