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alephnerdtoday at 1:48 PM0 repliesview on HN

Tbf, Babur was equally disdainful about Islam and would wax eloquently about getting drunk on wine and high off opium.

He was just a Chagatai raider who somehow ended up the ruler of a principality.

The actual empire was built by Akbar and Shah Jahan.

Political Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism only arose in South Asia in 19th century with the collapse of the Mughal, Maratha, and Sikh Empires and early British attempts at mass Christian conversion which led to political religious movements arise in the late 19th century.