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CHAPTER PAGE I. THE UNITED EMPIRE AKBAR THE GREAT. 1556-1605 A. D. . 1 II. AKBAR'S REFORMS THE DIVINE FAITH. 1566-1605 A. D. . 25 III. THE GREAT MOGHUL AND EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS. 1605- 1627 A. D. . 51 IV. SHAH JAHAN THE MAGNIFICENT. 1628-1658 A. D. . . 88 V. THE PURITAN EMPEROR AURANGZIB. 1659-1680 A. D. . . 121 VI. THE RUIN OF AURANGZIB THE MARATHA WAR. 1680- 1707 A.D. . .145 VII. THE FALL OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE THE HINDU REVIVAL. 1707-1765 A.D 173 APPENDIX I. AKBAR'S CAPTURE OF FORT ASIR FROM THE AKBAR -NAMAH OF ILLAHBAD FAIZI OF SIRHIND . . . 193 APPENDIX II. IBRAHIM KHAN'S CHRONICLE OF THE MARATHAS 215 APPENDIX III. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY 277 APPENDIX IV. MOGHUL EMPERORS 279