Babur, Humayun and the Surs
- Babur battles
- Significance of Babur's advent: Timurid dynasty established; gunpowder, arch and dome predate him in India
- Humayun: Chausa and Kanauj (1539 to 1540), exile in Persia, return (1555), Dinpanah
- Sher shah reforms
- Hemu, Akbar's accession and the second battle of Panipat (1556)
- Mughal Timurid inheritance: coparcenary succession, imperial princes and conflicts over the throne