. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. circumstance, as regards the history of thatcountry, was the incorporation of a British East India Company, by QueenElizabeth, in the year 1600, when the English began to make voyages tothe Indies, where for a long time they met with very little success, owing tothe opposition of the Dutch and Portuguese, vvho, though enemies to eachother, were equally interested in keeping such formidable rivals as theEnglish out of the field. It was not, therefore, till after the death of Akberthat any
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. circumstance, as regards the history of thatcountry, was the incorporation of a British East India Company, by QueenElizabeth, in the year 1600, when the English began to make voyages tothe Indies, where for a long time they met with very little success, owing tothe opposition of the Dutch and Portuguese, vvho, though enemies to eachother, were equally interested in keeping such formidable rivals as theEnglish out of the field. It was not, therefore, till after the death of Akberthat any settlement was gained by the English, or permission to trade toIndia granted to them by the emperor, who at that time was usually styledin that country, the Great Mogul. Akber died in the year 1605, having reigned forty-nine years. He vt^asburied at Agra, and over his remains was erected a splendid tomb of whitemarble, which was of such vast dimensions, that, in 1S03, it was occupiedby a whole regiment of Briti:^h dragoons, vvho made it their quarters forsome time after the conquest of that The Gate of Akbers Maasoleam. REIGN OF JEHANGHIR. 429 CHAPTER XT. REIGN OF JEHANGHIR.
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