History of India, in Nine Volumes: Vol. IV - Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great : 9781605204970

First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862-1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume IV, Part 2 of Medi val India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great, by British scholar STANLEY LANE-POOLE (1854-1931), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: - the united empire of Akbar the Great - Akbar's reforms: the divine faith - the great Moghul and European travellers - Shah Jahan the Magnificent - Aurangzib, the puritan emperor - the fall of the Moghul empire - and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Author: Stanley Lane-Poole

Publisher: Cosimo Classics

Publication Date: Nov 01, 2008

Number of Pages: 324 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 1605204978

ISBN-13: 9781605204970