Ahmadnagar through time
Now Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar), Maharashtra
Theme M6 · 1336 to 1646 CE
Seat of the Nizam Shahis, independent on 28 May 1490 and founded as a city in 1494; Husain Nizam Shah I was the prime mover of the alliance of 1565
Theme M7 · 1339 to 1826 CE
Regional kingdoms and their legacy
The Nizam Shahi capital, founded 1494; Chand Bibi defended its fort against Akbar in 1595, and it fell in August 1600
Theme M8a · 1526 to 1707 CE
The Mughal empire: the emperors
Taken by Akbar's army in 1600, extinguished and partitioned in 1636; Aurangzeb died here on 3 March 1707