Amar Chitra Katha: Babur

Babur was the descendant of the Mongol, Genghis Khan, on his mother's side and .of the Turk, Timur-i-Iang, on his father's side. Timur's heirs had ruled over a kingdom which extended from the Caucasus foothills to Kashgar, but by 1495 it was split between four brothers. One of these was Omar Shaik, Babur's father, who ruled over Farghana, the snow-bound valley where Babur was born in 1483. Nobody would have been able to forecast at that time (nor, indeed, for many years to come) that Babur would one day make his way into India, there to set up the Mughal Empire. Babur was not just a good soldier or an able general; he was also a wise and just ruler, with qualities of . gener. osity and good humour. Because of this, the common people and soldiers rallied round him wherever he went - even in times of misfortune. Babur was a writer and a poet of high merit. In fact, he is one of the few persons in history about whom we have first-hand evidence - straight from his own pen. Babur's account oT his life and time is written with a directness and sincerity which gives the Babur -nama, as his diary is called, an unmistakable ring of truth.

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THE YEAR WAS 1483; THE PLACE: FARGHANA VALLEY; THE TIME: WINTER. OMAR SHAIK, THE RULER WAS AMUslNe HIMSELF IN HIS DOVE(OTE AT ANCJI..IAN. , OMAR SHAIK DISLIKED 8EING DISTURBECJ AT HIS FAVOURITE PASTIME BUT THIS 77ME HE WELCOMED THE FAITHFUL LORDKASIM,WHOHAD JUST COME IN.

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HE IS A HEALTHY, BOUNCING BABY. fiE WILL MAKE A GOOD RULER.

MAY YOUR · WORDS PROVE PROPHETIC! MAY MY SON .. WIN SACK OUR LOST KING-' DaMS AND UPHOLD THE

G.Rc.E~!A;TToiNRA.__ME OF OUR ANCI

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ZA - ZA- - -OH,NEVER MIND, I'LL CALL HIM

BABUR";FOR THAT BOY IS A LITTLE?

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THEN TEL.L US ABOUT TIMUR'5 BATTLES IN INDIA. THEY SAY THERE ARE ELEPHANTS THERE. ARE THEY REALLY BIGGS!? THAN OUR CAMEL6~

THE CHILDREN WEREAM(/SEDAT THAT. TO THEM, IN THEIR MO(/NTAIN FASTNESS, INDIA SEEMED 70 8E AT THE END OF THE WORLD!

NOT ALL 8A8UR'S 17ME WAS SPENT IN LAU6HTER.AT ANDIJAN CASTLE,8A8UR LEARNED Tu/;'~KI51{,

PERSIAN AND AIi'ABIC WHICH

FATHER! RUMI WRITES BEAUTIFUL WORDS, BUT IT 15 ALL 50 STRAN6E AND DI,FICULT TO UNDERSTAND·· •

YES, SON, BUT YOU

WERE rO{E LANeUA6ES IN UfSC AROUAD 111M. LIKE illS FATIIER,IIE WAS OiCEPl.Y INTERE!STED IN TilE!

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UNDERSTAND IT SOME

DAY. NOW 00 BACI< TO YOUR TUTOR. HE 15 WAITIN6 TO SHOW YOU HOW 10 USE THE SABRE.

MY5]T/~CJ~R~U.~"'~/'rll1~E~~

KASIM, DOES NOT MY STRIPLING A SON PERFORM WELL?

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YES, ON THE DAY HE MARCHES INTO

.THIS IOYUIC £/I"E SUDDENLY ENDED INJ4-94-, WHEN BABUR WAS ONLY TWELVE yeARS OLD. ONE DAY, AS HE WAS HAPPILY I"LYINIS HI9 HAWK,!; IN A ISARDEN • ••

• •• A ME5SEN5ER CAME Up, R/OIIVG HARP.

'YOUR FATHER HAS BEEN CAL-LED 10 HIS REST. 10 YOU NOW FALLS THE TITLE OF "KING OF FARGHANA!'

MY FATHER DEAD! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

HE WAS WITH HIS BELOVED PlciEONS\ IN THE DOVECOT WHEN SUDDENLY HURTLED THE CLIFFi'

AH ! MY POOR FATf.lER! OMAR SHAll< HAS TAKEN FLIGf.lT TO Tf.lE

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WHEN A CHILD INHERITS A KIN6DOM, THERE ARE ALWAYS TRAITORS AROUND, AWAITINe AN OPPORTUNITY 7V SNATCH I T ;:ROM HIM.I.UCKILY, BA8UR HAD LOYAL FRIENOS IN LORD KASIM ANO JU05E KHWAJA KAZI 7V PROTECT HIM. BUT THERE WERE SERIOUS TROUBI.ES JU5T AHEAO.

BUT TfjEY ARE MY UNCLES. SLRELY .YOU MISTAKE TfjEIR INTEN TIONS. DON'T YOU KAZ I

SULTAN AHMED OF SAMARKHAND AND PRINCE KfjAN ARE MA,I(Q<"j TOWARDS US

KASIM WAS RIGHT. THE !5ULTAN'S MEN ADVANCEO 7VWAROB PORT ANDljAN AS ENEMIES. , - - - - - - , : : : : ; : : : : - ]

YES,BABUR. sesl Des, AfjMeD'S DAU6HTER,AYESfjA, YOUR pt;!OMlseD wIFe!

BASUR, YOUR . UNCLes LITTLE I'OR TI EOS OF KINSfjIP. THIS IS AN INVASION. YOU MUST PROTECT

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BABUR RODE OUT AT OU!5K WITH A SMALL BANO O~ MEN TO OBSERYE THE ENEMY'S MOVEMENTS. , - - - - - - - - '

ON THEIR SIDE, THE 816 ENEMY CONTlN8ENT HAD SIMULTANEOUSLY SPOTTED THE ANOIJAN PARTY.

THAT'S A VERY SMALL GROUP FROM ANDIJAN TO WEL-

US!

SUDDENLY, THE NARROW BRIDISE BROKE AND MAS5ES OF MEN, HORSES ANO CAMELS Fl;LL Imc THE MUODY WATER ; THAT DAMPED THEIR FIISHTINIS ARDOIlRATONCE!

OUR ENEMY HAS BEEN VANQUISHED EVEN BEFORE FleHT! DOES OOD,I\Fl"ER

ALL, PROTECT JUST?

AND ANIMALS CLAMBERED olJr OF THE """,C/c..U"",1: HELPED. BIJT NO ONE THQlIeH' OF RESlIMINe THE

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IT'S SAID THAT, MANY YEARS AGO, ANOTHER ARMY FROM SAMARKHAND HAD BEEN DEFEATED AT THIS

SPOT

°E •• •Ee! THAT BRIDGE 15 HAUNTED!

CHANCE HAO H£LPEO BABIIR IN HIS FIRST 815 BArTLE. HE S£TT£.EO OOWN 7lJ (JOVERNlN(J HIS ISRANOMOTJlER, ISAN-OAULAr ISAve HIM SOUNO ","OVICE.

BABUR , YOU ARE STILL A CHILD. TO 8E ONL'/ TWELVE AND FORCED TO RULE ALONE! LEARN TO BE': GENEROUS A D JUST. '>OU MUST GIVE LAND 10 '>OUR FOLLOWERS AND EARN THEIR LQYALTY!AND REIAEA~BE'RU KEEP FLATTERERS A DISTANCE !

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FARGHANA 15 BEAUTIFUL, BUT THE KINGDOM 15 50 SMALL! UNLESS WE ALSO HAVE SAMARKHAND, WE ARE NOT SAFE.wm.fIN THESE TWO BOUNDARJES, WE COULD HAVE A 5TI
NOW WE·ARE EXILES HERE!OH"BAI,UI<:,\, I. ONLY WE LIVE SAMARKHAND!

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YOUR FATHER WAS A r..r,r'lr"\\11 MAN,BABUR,BUT HE WAS . EASYGOIN6. THAT'S WHY WE SO MANY CITIES FAR BEYOND FAi'GHIAN,~".L.Ji

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DON'T 6RIEVE, 6RANDMOTHER.I'LL FIGHT TO 6ET THEM BACK !TIMUR'S THRONE IS THE ONLY ONE WORTH HAVING. I WON'T REST TI LL WE TAKE

AND BABUR MEANT TO KEEP HIS PROMISE. HE MADE A FEW PORAYS AND TOOK A BORDER TOWN OR SLOWLY filS ARMY GREW. , - - -

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BABUR WHEN BABUR'S ARMY REACHEO THE BEAUTIFUL HILL HAMLET OF SHIRAZ, HE WAS HAPPY TO f3E£ AN ARMY ENCAMPEO THERE.

THEY FINALLY I
LORD KASIM,

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NOT MINe yeT!

SABIII<'S O4IJTION WAS NOT ()NI"OI.INDEO. FOR 5IfAISANI KHAN, DREADED LEADER OF THE I.IZSEK HORDES,HAD SEEN INWiED BY THE RrlLER OF' THE SES/FeEI> CITY OF' 5AMMKHAND TO HE~P FIGHT OFF BAS()R.

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SASlJR ANO HI5 MEN WA1I:HEO 5HAISANI'5 ARRNAL APPREHEN5NELY.

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THAT'S THE UZBEI<

SHAIBANI KHAN 15 OUR SWORN • ENEMY ...

8ASVR MAOE A GI.IICK OECl5ION.

" ~ -r '_ FOLLOW ME ! ,.;c ..r ''~::::::::::='( WE WILL FACE THE

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ENEMY FROM UP THERE!

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BEYOND TI-IAT RISE!

EVENINIS DESCENDED. BA8UR'S MEN WERE STILL STANtJING I3UARO. c-"- - ' -- --r-- -- - - i

MY LORD, TI-IE UZBEKSARi RETREATING

THe NE XT MORN lNO, THE TOWNSPEOPLE EMERISEO F.roM SAMARKHANO ANO TO BA8i1R'5 HIM CRIES OF

BABUR ! TRUE DESCENDANT OF THE TIMUR5 ! WELCOME!

)QU I-IAVE SAVED US FROM TH E DREADED

UZ8EKS!

5AMARKHANO WA6 HIS A7 LA5T. BABUR'S OR€AM HAO COME TRUE.

BUT WITHIN A HI/NOREO 114YS, TH€ £>REAM HAO T1IRNEO INTOA

GRANARIES ARE ~M;Dn" AND THE COUNTRYSIDE RU INED BY THESELON6 BATTLES! CAN YOU BLAME OUR SOLDIERS "OR DESERTING? SO, THIS IS HOW WE "~"UUI"'­ THE JOYS OF Wf'~Ut:"T TH IS CITY WILL SOON EMPTY, WITH ONLY ECHOES TO MOCK OU R aORY! THESE MON60LS ARE AN UNRELIABLE LOT. WE WILL HAVE TO SEND FOR THE TROOPS WE LEFT BEHIND AT ANDIJAN.

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THE ME55ENfJER 5ENT 70 ANPI.lAIrI,

500N RETURNEP. ~---::;,..---'--' ANDIJAN IS eNCIRCLED BY SULTAN ALI'S ALLIES.

YOUR YOUN6ER ~,~~!'ER;~~~~~ JEHAN61R HAS JOINED TflEM.

iJNI"ORTUNATeL~ NeWS 0': BABUR'5 CONPITION REACHEP HIS FAITf.lFiJL COMMANOER AT

BABUR LIES DYlN6 AT

THAT'S IMPOSSI BLE ! ONLY A SHORT WHILE AGO WE HEARD THAT 8ABUR flAD VICTORIOUSLY ENTERED SAMARKHAND.

WOUNDS ARE NOT CA(JSE,D BY WEAPONS ALONE. HIS BROTHER 'S TREACHERY HURT HIM MORE.

BABUR .... lA/U"

'5 THE USE

DEI'ENDING THE ClTYr !F BABUR 15 DYING, JEHANSIR AND HIS ALlieS MIGHT AS WELL TAKE OVER!

8ASUR,HOWEVER, RECOVEREO.HE HURRIED 71;JWAROS ANO/'/A"N,~.S::U::,Ty'-..,c/"'"'-.r'-' WHILE HE WAS IAIO-WAY- r

MY LORD,YOU CAN'T RETURN 10 ANDIJAN. YOUR

ENEMIES HAVE GAINED CONTROL THERE!

JU5T AS 8A8UR SWUNG HI5 HORSE ROUND TO RETURN - TO 5AMARKHANO, ANOTHER ME55ENeER ARRIVEO.

FOR

TfJE 5AK:E .O

ANDIJAN,I HAVE LO 5T SAMARKfJAND· •• AND I HAVE LOST THE ONE WITHOUT SAVING THE OTHER!

BABIJR BECAME AN EXILE. BUT f5{)LTAN ALI MET WITH A WORSE FATE. HE WAS KIUEO BY GflAIBANI WHO TOOK 5AMARKHANO,ANO FARGHANA AS WEiLL.

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BABUR WAS SILENT FOR A WHILE. YOUR UNCLE HAS LE_T THIS WORLD, MY LORD. THE TYRANT MUKIM SITS ON HIS THRONE AT KABUL. BUT THE PEOPLE WOULD PREFER BA8UR, THE TIMURID PRINCE

WE'LL TAKE THE ROAD 10 KABUL! ROUSE MEN .ASK THEM GET

HAKIM BEG, HAVE PITS DU6 IN THE GROUND AND COVER THEM WITH DRY GRASS, SO THAT THE ENEMY WILL FALL THE TRAPS!/,

I WANTONLY SHOW OURSTRI:N6;H~ MUKIM THEN AI5I~Ee'S TO 00 AT ONCE SHED NO ,,~vu'"'.

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AT LAST WE HAVE A HAV5N. Bur, KASIM, AHER THE SPACE I Y5ARNED FQR,FROM

WE SHOULD STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION HERE IN KA8UL FIRST.

FARGHANA TO SAMARKHAND, THIS SEEMS NARROW INDE5D!

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BABUR HE 16 RII5HT. MU6T BRINe ORDER TO THE CITY AND SUBDUE THE HILL TRIBES IN THE SURROUND/",_~.'I INI5 AREA.

.. 'AND HE MU5T TAX HI6 PEOPLe REA60NABLY, I5IYE iHEM 6000 LAW6, AND ROOT OUT THE

6ABUR 15 BE61NNIN6 10 UNDER6TAND THAT 10 BE KIN6 IT 16 NOT ENOUI5H TO

THE Y£4RS THAT FOLLOWEI/ WEI<E BY MJ AA~.,,".I UNEVENTFUL-5HAIBANI KHAN WAS DRAWIN6 CLOSER EVERY OAYANO WAS LiKELY 7D ATTACK KABUL NEXT. BUT ONE DA~ BABUR RECEIVE[) A57VUNOINI3 NEWS FROM LORO KA51A1.

BY THE SHAH ISMAIL OF PERSIA. SHAIBANI'S ARM/WAS

NOW WE CAN SLEEP AT NIGHTS WITHOLT FEARING SHAI BANI'S APPROACHING

SAMARKHAND! WHAT! DOES THAT DREAM SfiLL PERSIST?

WHAT'S MORE, THOUSAND THOUSAND MOGUL M06ULS. WAIT·.· 5OLDIERS, FORCED INTO LET ME THINK·· · 5HAIBAN I'55ERVICE,A1<E YES, THAT'S IT. NOW WAITIN6 AT IVtNILJU,'/ THIS IS THE CHANCE Le'\I.II:I~y~ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR'"

HIS ARMY, HE SWEPT I'l4ST KARSHI ANO BOKARA •••

• • • TiLl HE REACHED S4MA.E'Kh'ANO.ONCe AeAIN 7HI: CITY SATES WERI: THt;.~*vl MAGIC, ANO THE OPf:N TO HIM ASINi'lA~IITAIN7,,1 IF WELCOMED HIM. ~-_--.J-t.

AND ONCE AGAIN BABUR FOUND HIMSELF IN THe GREAT PALACE TIMUR HAO BUILT AT SAMARKHAND. BUT HIS VlClVRY WAS LIKE A'3HES IN HIS MOUTH.

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Co; S=EMS TO BE MINE 5 '<EALLY ooE TO SH<\H . SMAIL'S STREN6TH ••• AN D NOW HE DEMANDS TO BE RECOGN ISED AS SOVEREI6N! j, -

THE PEOPLE OF SAMARKHAND WILL NOT LIKE THAT. THEY CONSIDER THE SHAH A HERETIC.

BABUR ACCEPTED SHAH ISMAIL'5 HELP AND, ;:OR THE f:fRST TIME, FOI.IND HII'IISEL.FI ALONE AND I.INPOPI.ILAR. WHEN THE I.IZBEK5 ATTACKED HE HAD 6/vE UP SAMARKHAND.

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BUT WHAT CAN WE DO ~ THE UZBEKS ARE PREPARIN6 TO RE TURN AND I'16HT! WE YET, IF WE WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THE ACCEPT SHAH ISMAIL'S HELP, PERSIAN'S HELP! THE PEOPLE HERE WILL REBEL.

ONE OAY, rI£ HjJ.!J AN UNEXPECTEO VISITOR KABi.lL. IT /lA S ALAM KHAN, THE UNCLE OF IBRAHIM LOOI, PO/I,ERRIL 5i.ILTAN OF OELHI.

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LORD,I KNOW HAD OUR D/SA6REEMENTS BEFORE. SUT THE TIME 15 RIPE NOW FOR YOU TO • COME I I

BABUR ARRIVEO IN INOlA WITI-I 1-115 ELOEST I-IUMAYUNrWHILE THEY WERE PREPARING 1r..I)'ne,,, gULTAN IBRAHIM LOO/, A MESSEN6ER' ARRIVEO WITH NEWS.

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YOU ASk' ME TO COME, BUT YOU KNOW MY TERMS. I WANT THE PUNJAB.

THE SHEIK

OF HIS5AR , HAS ADVANCED THIRTY M/LE51OWARD5 US.

AS THE 1-115SAR CONTIN6£NT MOV£O FORWARO, I-IUMAYUN'S SMALL AOVANClN$ WING APPEARED SUOOENLY OVA HILL 1 ~ AND MISLED THEM. r------,------I~~

SURELY THEY /lAVE A HU6E ARMY BEHIND THIS

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HUMAYUN SHALL DEAL WITH

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PANICKIN6, THEY TURNEOANO FLEO, PURSUED BY HUMAVUN'S MEN.

WHEN HUMAYUN'S VICTORIOUS WINo RETURNEO WITH A FEW HUNDRED CAPTfVE5,ELEPHANTS AND OTHER SPOIL5J THERE WA5 JUBILATION IN BABUR'S

CAMP.

8A8UR WAS NOW FREE TO TURN HIS FULL ATTeNTION TO ?HE SULTAN OF DELHI, HE CH05E A 5fTe THAT SUITED HIM !=OR BATTL.e AND WAITED FOR THE SULTAN TO ATTACK. THEN THE NEWS HE WAS WIlfTiNe FOR G4ME.

THIS IS HUMAYUN'S FIRST EXPLOIT. THIS VICTORY 15 A GOOD OMEN- IT PREDICTS OUR FUTURE SUC:ce15S!/

8ABUR ~EPARED CAREFIILLY

FOR THE me BATTLE WITH SULTAN IBRAHIM LOOI ON THe PLAINS OF PAN/PAT.

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MEN, I=OR THREE WE HAVE SEEN ON THE ROAD AND WE ARE TIRED. SULTAN <"'r<------\ IBRAHIM HAS A STRONG ARMY OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND

MEN • • •

STILL • •• NEITHER AN XIETY NOR r:EAR HEL PS AT ALL. YOU ARE WELL-TRAINED AND DISCIPLINED. EVERY MAN HERE KNOWS HIS JOB. AND WE HAVE OUR MATCHLOCKS AND

ONE MORE WORD··· THE SULTAN 15 NOT LIKED BY HIS PEOPLE . TH IS GIVES US A MORAL ADVANTAGE avER · HIM .

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r:DR THE BATTLE WHiCH WI LL DECIDE OUR r:ATE IN THIS

THE CANNON

ON APRIL eo, Ise5 WORD CAME THAT IBRAHIM LODI WAS AOVANONI3 . 8A8UR'S IMMEDIATELY TOOK THEIR PLACES.

THE ENEMY'S AOVANCINe ELEPHANTS WERE TURNED AWAY BY VOLLEYS OF ARROWS, WHILE THE !3IJNMEN FIRED STEADILY. ON rHE RI5HT,TWO eENERAL5 BROKE OUT AND

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THE CAVALRY SWEPT FLANK OF SLILTAN IBRAHIM;LODf.

BY MID-DAY, THE 5I/LTAN'S MEN WERE FLEElN6 AWAY, PLiRlWED BY BABUR'S MEN. IN HilUA DAY, BATTLE W'l5 liON. THOLISAN05 0;: MEN WERE KILLED. 5I/LTAN IBRAHIM LOa HIM5£LF WA5 ~-..... AMONS TJ.K)5E SLAIN. ::--,.--:;;

QV THE SAMe D4Y, AFTER THE VICTORY

AT A4NIPAT, BABI.IR SENT PRINCE HLlM
QVE WEE/( AFTER THE BATTLE OF PANIPAT, BA,gUJ?'g MAULANA S REAO TlfE KHUTBAH (PI.IBL.IC PRAYER) IN HIS NAME AT DELHI. BA81.1R WAS PROCI-AIMEO PADISHAH OF KABLIL AND DELIf!. THUS BEeAN THE aREAT REIGN OF THE MIJ!JHAl5 IN INDIA ON APRIL 27, 152~. , - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - '

• • ·AND YOJ,MY MEN MAKE STRAIGHT FOR DELHI AND WATCH OVER Tf-IE TREASURY THERE.

AmAR CHITRA HATHA HISTORY. M VTHOLOGY. LEGEND 11 12 13 14 15

KRISHNA SHAKUNTALA THE PANDAVA PRINCES SAVITRI RAMA

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NALA DAMAYANTI HARISCHANDRA THE SONS OF RAM A HANUMAN MAHABHARATA CHANAKYA

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

8;UDDHA SHIVAJI RANA PAATAP PAITHV1AAJ CHAUHAN KAANA KACHA VJKAAMAOITYA SHIVA PAAVATI V ASAVADATTA SUDAMA GURU GOBIND SINGH HARSHA BHEESHMA ABHIMANYU MIRABAl ASHOKA PAAHLAD PANCHATANTAA TANAJI

41 CHHATAASAL 42 PAAASHUAAMA

80 81 82 83

V1SHW A M ITAA T H E SYAMANTAKA GEM MAHAVIRA VI KRAMACIT Y A·S THRONE

84 85 86 87 88 89 90

B APPA RAWAl AYYAPPAN ANANDA MATH B IABAl THE J U ST GANGA GANESHA CHAITANYA MAHAPAABHU

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

148 NOOR JAHAN 149 ELEPHANTA '50 ,51 152 15 3 154 155 156 157 158

159 THE nOel!; ANO TH E WOODPECKER

CHAN~AAHASA

PUNDAUK &. SAKHU RAJ SINGH PURUSHOTTAM DEV &. PADMAVATI 101 VALl

160 181 162 163

TALES OF VlSl-! ... U A M RAPAU YAYA n PANCHATAIIorr::t.A HI

1 64 TAL ES OF SJ-lT'JA 165 K ING S HAUVAHA"tA 1 66 T H E RAlI; O F KJ"":"TUR

102 NAGANANDA 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 1 10

T ALES OF N ARAOA KR ISHN A DEVA RAY A B1RBAL THE WI TTY M A DHVACHARY A CHANDR A GUPTA MAURYA J NAN ESHWAR B A G HA JAT1N M ANONMANl ANGUUMALA

MALAVIKA RANI DURGAVATI DASHARATHA RANA SANGA PRADYUMNA VIDYASAGAR TACHCHOLI OTHENAN SULTANA RAZ1A

167 K RI SHNA &. ·.;ARAKASURA 168 T H E MAG C GROVE 189 LACH fT BAii~ 170 IN O RA A.... O lRiTRA

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171 A M AA S ·,GH RATl-IOR 172 K AI S HNA &. T H E FAlSE. \(ASUOEV A 173

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VALMIKI GUAU NANAK TARA8AI AANJIT S INGH RAM SHASTRI

1 77 K AISMkA A..'-O SI-f SHUPALA 178 RAMAP
112 KRISHNA &. RUKMINI

51 RANI OF JHANSI 52 ULOOPI 53 BAJI AAO I 54 55 56 57

CHAND 81BI KABIR SHER SHAH DAONA

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SURYA URVASHI ADI SHANKAAA GHATOTKACHA

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TULSIOAS SUKANYA DUAGAOAS ANIAUDDHA ZARATHUSHTRA THE LOAD. OF LANKA TUKARAM AGASTYA VASANTASENA INDRA & SHACHI

72 ORAUPAOI 73 SUBHAORA 74 AHllYABAI HOlKAA 75 76 77 78 79

145 BHANUM ATJ 148 VIVEKANANQA 147 KRJSHNA &. JARASANOHA

HITOPADESHA I SAKSHI GOPAL KANNAGI NARSINH M EHT A JASMA OF THE ODES SHARAN KAUR

43 BANDA BAHADUR 44 PADMINJ 45 JATAKA TALES 46 47 48 49 50

143 A BAG OF GOLD COINS 144 PURANDRA DASA

TANSEN SUNDARI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE SHRIOATTA JATAKA TALES II

11 3 RAJA BHOJA 114 GURU TEGH 8AHADUA

180 INDRA A1'o:> Sr' .8JRAJA 181 G U R U HAR GeSINO

115 PAREEKSHIT 116 KADAMBARI 117 OHRUVA & ASHTAVAKAA

182 TH E BA~ FOR SRiNAGAR 1 83 RANA KU"S"rtA.

118 KING KUSHA 1 19 RAJA RAJA CHOLA 1200AYANANDA 121 VEER DHAVAL 122 ANCESTORS OF RAMA 123 EKANATH 124 SATWANT KAUR 1 25 UOAYANA 126 JATAKA TALES 1[( 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136

THE GITA VEER HAMMIR MALATI & MADHAVA GARUDA BIR8AL THE WISE RANAK DEVI MARYADA RAM A BABUR DEVI CHOUDHUAANI RABJNDAANATH TAGORE

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SOOADAS PANCHATANTAA II PRINCE HAITADHWAJ A HUMAYUN

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