The Mughal Empire is believed to be India 's last golden era .
The Mughal Empire is considered as one of the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires ( along with the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia ) .The beginning of the empire is conventionally dated to the victory by its founder Babur over Ibrahim Lodi , the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate , in the First Battle of Panipat ( 1526 ) .