The book traces Akbar's ancestry and early years; his accession to the throne and his regency under Bayram Khan; his many conquests, including Bihar, the Afghan kingdom of Bengal, Malwa, Gujarat, Kashmir, Sind, parts of Orissa, and parts of ...

Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (15 October 1542- 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar I (literally "the great") and later Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.

In practice, this system must have led to much espionage and tyranny] from Chapter VII: Asoka Maurya and His Successors First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of ...