12019-12-24T11:41:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e11661Annotationplain2019-12-24T11:41:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1That is to say, during the peak era of the Mughal Empire. The phrase "imperial" that follows in this paragraph refers to that Empire, not the British Empire. Forster is giving credit to an earlier empire for the noteworthy architecture in the region.