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No one had faith that the most expensive film of its time, made on a reported budget of Rs 145 crore, would ever recover its entire budget. Mughal-E-Azam ultimately made Rs 340 crore.

From Latest articles | smithsonianmag.com: This Giant 400-Year-Old Astrolabe—Made by Mughal Master Craftsmen and Owned by Royalty—Fetched Millions at Auction

The creation of the Mughal Empire was arguably the crucial event of the early 16th century. The Spanish overthrow of the Aztec and Inca empires in Mexico and Peru, respectively, was of enormous importance, but the percentage of the world’s population in…