The Mughal Empire (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi and comedian Sindhu Vee to explore the Mughal Empire and its legacy in art and architecture.

We learn why an Emperor always needed to be wary of his siblings and how a zebra came to cause disbelief in court, and we hear the real story behind the wondrous Taj Mahal.

A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Greg here.
0:01.0	Hope you're doing all right.
0:02.4	We are making Series 3 right now.
0:04.2	In the meantime, we've been making these radio 4 versions of the previous episode.
0:08.3	We are putting them in the feed here permanently.
0:10.3	They will be alongside the long versions.
0:12.5	So make sure you scroll down and choose which version you want.
0:15.5	So you can have the shorter, punchier, swear free versions.
0:19.2	Or the long, rambling, sweary versions.
0:21.4	Up to you.
0:22.4	Thanks very much for listening.
0:23.4	Take care.
0:24.4	Bye.
0:25.4	BBC Sounds.
0:26.4	Music Radio Podcasts.
0:30.2	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the history podcast for everyone.
0:33.7	For people who don't like history, people who do like history, and people who forgot
0:36.9	to learn any at school.
0:38.4	My name is Greg Jenner.
0:39.4	I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy
0:43.6	show Horrible Histories.
0:45.3	You might also have heard my radio 4 series Home School History, although that's mostly
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