Join Dr. Balabanlilar for a fascinating lecture:

The Mughal rulers of South Asia maintained a highly itinerant royal court. Rooted in their Central Asian semi-nomadic heritage and ideologically aligned with Vedic injunctions, mobility was central to Mughal political culture, physically manifesting sovereignty across a vast geography. This talk examines the logistical scale of these massive marches and the complex socio-ecological formations they generated. The march produced significant environmental consequences, reshaping landscapes, expanding infrastructure, and profoundly impacting wildlife and local communities. For the Mughal dynasts, these journeys came to foster an intense imperial intimacy with the land, in which the act of reshaping the topography became a vital imperial expression of personal and political belonging.