History of India . Skirf^ «*.iiaWfc*«t ?si&.^S*-- The Taj Mahal at Agra The Taj Mahal at Agra is acknowledged to he one of the wonders ofthe world, and is thought by many to he the most beautiful building evererected by man. Even the most lavish praises that have been bestowedupon it fail still to do justice to the exquisite charm of its constructionand surroundings, which can be fully appreciated only by seeing it; andall who have visited it are ready to concede that no more perfect monu-ment in marble has been erected to the memory of a woman than thisbeautiful edUice dedicated by the
History of India . Skirf^ «*.iiaWfc*«t ?si&.^S*-- The Taj Mahal at Agra The Taj Mahal at Agra is acknowledged to he one of the wonders ofthe world, and is thought by many to he the most beautiful building evererected by man. Even the most lavish praises that have been bestowedupon it fail still to do justice to the exquisite charm of its constructionand surroundings, which can be fully appreciated only by seeing it; andall who have visited it are ready to concede that no more perfect monu-ment in marble has been erected to the memory of a woman than thisbeautiful edUice dedicated by the Moghul emperor, Shah Jahan, to Mum-tas-i-Mahal, his beloved I STORYof INDIA Edited h A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON. Profenor of Indo-lranian Canffuages in Columbia Univanty VOLUME IV From the Reign of Akbar the Great to the Fall ofthe Moghul Empire STANLEY LANE-POOLE. M. A., Utt. Profesaoi oi Arabic at Trinity College, DubEn LONDON THE GROLIER SOCIETY PUBLISHERS ((Donuoisseur lE&itton Limited to Two Hundred Copiesfor England and America SSp Copyright, 1903, byG. P. Putnams Sons Copyright, igo6, byThe Grolier Society Eiilnlinrn ?»bb INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR WHEN Akbar the Great, the contemporary ofQueen Elizabeth, ascended the throne of India,it was with a heart inspired by the highest ideals everheld by a ruler of Islamitic blood, and the manner inwhich he lived up to these ideals made him the noblestmonarch, after Asoka, that ever reigned over the landbeyond the river Indus. Akbar was followed by his son Jahangir, the GreatMoghul, and he by Shah Jahan, the Magnificent, whowas succeeded in turn by Aurangzib, the
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