In 1528, he captured Chanderi from the Rajput chief Medini Rao, and a year later
he defeated the Afghan chiefs under Mahmud Lodhi in the battle of Ghagra at
Bihar. These conquests made Babur the "Master of Hindustan". He was not destined
to enjoy the fruits of his conquests as he died shortly afterwards in Agra on
December 26, 1530. He was buried at Kabul in accordance with his wish.
The Mughal age is famous for its many-faceted cultural developments. The
Timurids had a great cultural tradition behind them. Their ancestral kingdom at
Samarkand was the meeting ground of the cultural traditions of Central and West
Asia. The Mughals brought with them Muslim cultural traditions from Turko-Iranian
areas, which inspired the growth of the Indo-Muslim culture.
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