The Mughal Empire was an empire in Asia.
India , officially the Republic of India ( Bhārat Gaṇarājya '' ) , is a country in South Asia . Mughal Empire . During the following century Mughal power had become severely limited , and the last emperor , Bahadur Shah II , had authority over only the city of Shahjahanabad . Old Delhi is a walled city of Delhi , India , founded as Shahjahanabad in 1639 by the Mughal emperor at the time , Shah Jahan .