During the 15th to 18th centuries, which civilization controlled the Indian subcontinent and islands of the East Indies?

A. The Safavid Empire

B. The Mughal Empire

C. The Ottoman Empire

D. The Ming dynasty

This was the Mughal Empire - it was ruling the area from around 1520 and continued having power until 1857, when the British Crown took control of the land. Today the period after the Mughal Empire is refereed to as British Raj.

The Mughal Empire used Persian and Urdu as the main languages (althought many other languages were spoken too).