Military

• Mughal warfare involved soldiers on horseback, as well as war elephants and the use of gunpowder.  Theirs was a much more mobile style than the Islamic sultans of northern India (who deployed huge numbers of war elephants)
• Babur introduced military innovations such as the matchlock musket and cannon – never before used in Hindustan and enabling him to beat Sultan Lodi’s force of 100,000 men with only 20,000 of his own at the Battle of Panipat in 1526.​
• Akbar introduced new weapons like the matchlock musket and cannons to improve their army's firepower.