The Mughal Empire was now greater in size than any previous Indian kingdom bar the Mauryan Empire of nearly two millennia previously, far larger than any contemporary European kingdom, and was rivalled only by China. It included much of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, including the cities of Kandahar, Kabul, and Dhaka. It contained Kashmir and southern Kumaon, and stretched upto Bengal, along the line of the Himalayas. In the Deccan, Khandesh and Ahmadnagar were part of the empire and Berar was about to be incorporated too. Up to a million people lived within it.
Size of the empire under Akbar
