History of India . at Udaipur . 150 The Grand Plaza at Jaipur 151 The Mihtar-i Mahal at Bijapur 154 The Great Mosque of Bijapur 159 Fort at Golkonda 163 Marble Fretwork Screen around the Tomb in the Taj Mahal . . 165 An Indian Dagger 168 A Sikh Quoit-Turban 175 A Type of Indian Beauty 179 The Peacock Throne, now in Teheran 181 Eastern Afghan Types 185 The Old Observatory at Ujjain 194 A Type of Indian Hill Fort 201 The Great Gateway, Buland Darwazah, Fathpur-Sikri .... 207 Moghul Cavalry Helmet 208 Sivaji, the Founder of the Maratha Power 216 Mekka Gate at Aurangabad 218 A Maratha Brahman 224
History of India . at Udaipur . 150 The Grand Plaza at Jaipur 151 The Mihtar-i Mahal at Bijapur 154 The Great Mosque of Bijapur 159 Fort at Golkonda 163 Marble Fretwork Screen around the Tomb in the Taj Mahal . . 165 An Indian Dagger 168 A Sikh Quoit-Turban 175 A Type of Indian Beauty 179 The Peacock Throne, now in Teheran 181 Eastern Afghan Types 185 The Old Observatory at Ujjain 194 A Type of Indian Hill Fort 201 The Great Gateway, Buland Darwazah, Fathpur-Sikri .... 207 Moghul Cavalry Helmet 208 Sivaji, the Founder of the Maratha Power 216 Mekka Gate at Aurangabad 218 A Maratha Brahman 224 Daulatabad 227 The River Attok 232 Landing Ghats along the Ganges 235 The Gates and Gardens of Husainabad, Lucknow 236 A Maratha Helmet 237 The Jami Masjid at Delhi 240 Arras of the Marathas 243 Carved Pillar in Divan-i-Khas, Fathpur-Sikri 247 The Jumna at Agra 251 The Gopal Bhawan in the Palace of Dig 257 The Hill of Parvati from the Lake, near Poona 260 Nasik 264 An Elephant of State 265 An Indian Scimitar 270. CUIRASS, MADE OP HIDE COVBKED WITH VELVET, AND STUDDED WITH KAILS. CHAPTER I THE UNITED EMPIEE AKBAE THE GEEAT 1556-1605 A. D. rriHE long reign of Akbar, which lasted from 1556 toJ- 1605, has been represented as the golden age of theMoghul empire. It was in reality but the beginning ofthe period of splendour which ended with the disas-trous wars of Aurangzib. Akbar was the true founderand organizer of the empire, but it is too often forgottenthat it took him twenty years of hard fighting to bringHindustan imder subjection, and that even at his death 2 AKBAR THE GKEAT the process was incomplete. There was no sudden andmiraculous submission to the boy of thirteen who foundhimself called to an as yet unconquered throne by theaccident that ended his fathers ineffectual life in thebeginning of 1556. A hard struggle was before himere he could call himself king even of Delhi. He wasfortunate, no doubt, in the divisions of his adversaries,and after the crushing defeat of Himu
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