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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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BABUR
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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 AN-CI TIMUR-I-LANG!
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 WERE rO{E LANeUA6ES IN UfSC AROUAD 111M. LIKE illS FATIIER,IIE WAS OiCEPl.Y INTERE!STED IN TilE!
GREAT MY5]T/~CJ~R~U.~"'~/'rll1~E~~
FATHER! RUMI WRITES BEAUTIFUL WORDS, BUT IT 15 ALL 50 STRAN6E
AND DI,FICULT TO UNDERSTAND·· •
KASIM, DOES NOT MY STRIPLING
A SON PERFORM WELL?
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YES, SON, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND IT SOME
DAY. NOW 00 BACI< TO YOUR TUTOR. HE 15 WAITIN6 TO SHOW YOU HOW 10 USE
THE SABRE.
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.
MY FATHER DEAD! HOW DID THIS
HAPPEN? HE WAS WITH
HIS BELOVED PlciEONS\ IN THE DOVECOT WHEN
SUDDENLY HURTLED THE CLIFFi'
'YOUR FATHER HAS BEEN CAL-LED
10 HIS REST. 10 YOU NOW FALLS THE
TITLE OF "KING OF FARGHANA!'
AH ! MY POOR FATf.lER! OMAR SHAll< HAS TAKEN
FLIGf.lT TO Tf.lE
omer k.otha
WHEN A CHILD INHERITS A KIN6DOM, THERE ARE ALWAYS TRAITORS AROUND, AWAITINe AN OPPORTUNITY 7V SNATCH IT ;: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.
SULTAN AHMED OF SAMARKHAND AND PRINCE
KfjAN ARE MA,I(Q<"j
TOWARDS US
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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BUT TfjEY ARE MY UNCLES. SLRELY .YOU MISTAKE TfjEIR INTEN TIONS. DON'T YOU
KAZI
KASIM WAS RIGHT. THE !5ULTAN'S MEN ADVANCEO 7VWAROB PORT ANDljAN AS ENEMIES. ,------,::::;::::-]
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?
~/"1:,.,C/V AND ANIMALS CLAMBERED olJr OF THE """,C/c .. U"",1: HELPED. BIJT NO ONE THQlIeH' OF RESlIMINe THE
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. ~I~~~~~~ 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 "1>- -' A DISTANCE !
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<ON6 EMPIRE!
NOW WE·ARE EXILES HERE!OH"BAI,UI<:,\, I. ONLY WE LIVE
SAMARKHAND!
A H ! TO BEHOLD SHINING MINARETS
OF TIMUR'S CITY!
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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rr,;~~ YOUR FATHER WAS A r..r,r'lr"\\11 !;~~k~~ MAN,BABUR,BUT HE WAS . h: EASYGOIN6. THAT'S WHY WE
SO MANY CITIES FAR BEYOND FAi'GHIAN,~".L.Ji
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
WHEN BABUR'S ARMY REACHEO THE BEAUTIFUL HILL HAMLET OF SHIRAZ, HE WAS HAPPY TO f3E£ AN ARMY ENCAMPEO THERE.
BABUR
THEY FINALLY I<FACHED 5AMflRKHANO.
-~-~f LORD KASIM, __ -, 15 BEAUTIFUL TO BeHOLD,
L~=~ NOT MINe yeT!
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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.
SASlJR ANO HI5 MEN WA1I:HEO 5HAISANI'5 ARRNAL APPREHEN5NELY.
8ASVR MAOE A GI.IICK OECl5ION.
" ~ -r '_ FOLLOW ME ! ,.;c ..r '-'~::::::::::='( WE WILL FACE THE ..r..,..;:.. - ENEMY FROM UP
THERE!
so THAT'S THE UZBEI< SHAIBANI KHAN
15 OUR SWORN • ENEMY ...
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" WE CAN ' T SEE BEYOND TI-IAT
RISE!
EVENINIS DESCENDED. BA8UR'S MEN WERE STILL STANtJING I3UARO. c-"--'----r------i
MY LORD, TI-IE UZBEKSARi RETREATING
THe NEXT MORNlNO, 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 THE DREADED
UZ8EKS!
BUT WITHIN A HI/NOR EO 114YS, TH€ £>REAM HAO T1IRNEO INTOA
5AMARKHANO WA6 HIS A7 LA5T. BABUR'S OR€AM HAO COME TRUE.
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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.
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 THAT'S IMPOSSI BLE ! LIES DYlN6 AT 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
8ASUR,HOWEVER, RECOVEREO.HE .... lA/U" '5 THE USE
DEI'ENDING THE ClTYr !F BABUR 15 DYING,
JEHANSIR AND HIS ALlieS
HURRIED 71;JWAROS ANO/'/A"N,~. S::U::,Ty'-..,c/"'"'-.r'-' WHILE HE WAS IAIO-WAY- r
MIGHT AS WELL TAKE OVER!
MY LORD,YOU CAN'T RETURN 10 ANDIJAN. YOUR ENEMIES HAVE GAIN-
ED 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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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
HAKIM BEG, HAVE PITS DU6
IN THE GROUND AND COVER THEM WITH DRY GRASS, SO THAT THE ENEMY WILL FALL
THE TRAPS!/,
BABUR WAS SILENT FOR A WHILE.
WE'LL TAKE THE ROAD 10 KABUL! ROUSE
MEN .ASK THEM GET
AT LAST WE HAVE A HAV5N.
Bur, KASIM, AHER THE SPACE I
Y5ARNED FQR,FROM FARGHANA TO
SAMARKHAND, THIS SEEMS NARROW
INDE5D!
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I WANTONLY SHOW OURSTRI:N6;H~ J. MUKIM THEN AI5I~Ee'S
TO 00 AT ONCE SHED NO ,,~vu'"'.
WE SHOULD STRENGTHEN OUR
POSITION HERE IN KA8UL
FIRST.
HE 16 RII5HT. MU6T BRINe ORDER
TO THE CITY AND SUBDUE THE HILL TRIBES
IN THE SURROUND-INI5 AREA. /",_~.'I
.. 'AND HE MU5T TAX HI6 PEOPLe REA60NABLY, I5IYE iHEM 6000 LAW6,
AND ROOT OUT THE
BABUR
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 OAY ANO 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
SHAIBANI'S APPROACHING
SAMARKHAND! WHAT! DOES THAT
DREAM SfiLL PERSIST?
WHAT'S MORE, THOUSAND THOUSAND MOGUL M06ULS. WAIT·.· 5OLDIERS, FORCED INTO LET ME THINK·· · 5HAIBANI'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
OPf:N TO HIM AS IF ~~::::2~;:::J~~~l~~f MAGIC, ANO THE INi'lA~IITAIN7,,1 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.
.. E c.:..,'- ::ECE VE
==- == =oR =VER ,MY ='<~'::lS. ,,;IS T1'<IUMPH j, - Co; S=EMS TO BE MINE 5 '<EALLY ooE TO SH<\H
. SMAIL'S STREN6TH ••• AND NOW HE DEMANDS TO BE RECOGN ISED AS
SOVEREI6N!
arnar
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 ro 6/vE UP SAMARKHAND.
BUT WHAT CAN WE DO ~ THE UZBEKS ARE PREPARIN6 TO RE TURN AND I'16HT! WE WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THE
YET, IF WE ACCEPT SHAH
ISMAIL'S HELP, THE PEOPLE HERE
WILL REBEL.
PERSIAN'S HELP!
ONE OAY, rI£ HjJ.!J AN UNEXPECTEO VISITOR KABi.lL. YOU ASk' ME TO COME, BUT YOU KNOW MY TERMS. I WANT THE
IT /lA S ALAM KHAN, THE UNCLE OF IBRAHIM LOOI, Tr': PO/I,ERRIL 5i.ILTAN OF OELHI.
LORD,I KNOW PUNJAB. HAD OUR D/SA6REEMENTS BEFORE. SUT THE TIME 15
RIPE NOW FOR YOU TO •
BABUR ARRIVEO IN INOlA WITI-I 1-115 ELOEST GOv, I-IUMAYUNrWHILE THEY WERE PREPARING 1r..I)'ne,,, gULTAN IBRAHIM LOO/, A MESSEN6ER' ARRIVEO WITH NEWS.
COME I I
AS THE 1-115SAR CONTIN6£NT MOV£O FORWARO, I-IUMAYUN'S SMALL AOVANClN$
THE SHEIK OF HIS5AR, HAS
ADVANCED THIRTY M/LE51OWARD5
US.
WING APPEARED SUOOENLY OVA HILL 1 ~ AND MISLED THEM. r------,------I~~
SURELY THEY /lAVE A HU6E ARMY
BEHIND THIS W/N6!
HUMAYUN SHALL DEAL WITH
HIM! <
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. ~ _ _ ...J
STILL • •• NEITHER ANXIETY NOR r:EAR HELPS AT ALL. YOU ARE WELL-TRAINED AND DISCIPLINED. EVERY MAN HERE KNOWS HIS JOB. AND WE HAVE OUR MATCHLOCKS AND
MEN, I=OR THREE Mt"1"m,,," WE HAVE SEEN ON THE ROAD AND WE ARE TIRED. SULTAN
<"'r<------\ IBRAHIM HAS A STRONG ARMY OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND
MEN • • •
NOW 6ET READY ONE MORE WORD··· THE SULTAN 15 NOT
LIKED BY HIS PEOPLE . TH IS GIVES US A MORAL
ADVANTAGE avER · HIM .
f:;;;~~==~-J r:DR THE BATTLE WHiCH WI LL DECIDE OUR r:ATE
IN THIS
THE CANNON
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
THE CAVALRY SWEPT ROUND~ ~T;{~E~i~===~ FLANK OF SLILTAN IBRAHIM; LODf.
ON APRIL eo, Ise5 WORD CAME THAT IBRAHIM LODI WAS AOVANONI3 . 8A8UR'S IMMEDIATELY TOOK THEIR PLACES.
BY MID-DAY, THE 5I/LTAN'S MEN WERE FLEElN6 AWAY, PLiRlWED BY BABUR'S MEN. IN HilU A DAY, BATTLE W'l5 liON. THOLISAN05 0;: MEN WERE KILLED. 5I/LTAN IBRAHIM LOa HIM5£LF WA5 ~-..... AMONS TJ.K)5E SLAIN.
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QV THE SAMe D4Y, AFTER THE VICTORY AT A4NIPAT, BABI.IR SENT PRINCE HLlM<!WN roAeRA.
ENSURE THAT IS IN OJR HANDS AND 5UARD Tf-IE
QVE WEE/( AFTER THE BATTLE OF PANIPAT, BA,gUJ?'g MAULANAS 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 KRISHNA
12 SHAKUNTALA
13 THE PANDAVA PRINCES
14 SAVITRI
15 RAMA
16 NALA DAMAYANTI 17 HARISCHANDRA
, 8 THE SONS OF RAM A
19 HANUMAN
20 MAHABHARATA
21 CHANAKYA
22 8;UDDHA 23 SHIVAJI
24 RANA PAATAP
25 PAITHV1AAJ CHAUHAN
26 KAANA
27 KACHA
28 VJKAAMAOITYA
29 SHIVA PAAVATI
30 V ASAVADATTA
31 SUDAMA
32 GURU GOBIND SINGH
33 HARSHA
34 BHEESHMA
35 ABHIMANYU
36 MIRABAl
37 ASHOKA
38 PAAHLAD 39 PANCHATANTAA
40 TANAJI
41 CHHATAASAL 42 PAAASHUAAMA
43 BANDA BAHADUR
44 PADMINJ 45 JATAKA TALES
46 VALMIKI
47 GUAU NANAK
48 TARA8AI
49 AANJIT S INGH 50 RAM SHASTRI
51 RANI OF JHANSI
52 ULOOPI 53 BAJI AAO I
54 CHAND 81BI
55 KABIR 56 SHER SHAH
57 DAONA
58 SURYA 59 URVASHI
60 ADI SHANKAAA
61 GHATOTKACHA
62 TULSIOAS
63 SUKANYA 64 DUAGAOAS
65 ANIAUDDHA
66 ZARATHUSHTRA
67 THE LOAD. OF LANKA
68 TUKARAM
69 AGASTYA
70 VASANTASENA
71 INDRA & SHACHI
72 ORAUPAOI
73 SUBHAORA 74 AHllYABAI HOlKAA
75 TANSEN 76 SUNDARI
77 SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE
80 V1SHWA M ITAA
81 T H E SYAMANTAKA GEM
82 MAHAVIRA 8 3 VIKRAMACITYA·S THRONE
84 B APPA RAWAl
85 AYYAPPAN
86 ANANDA MATH
8 7 B IABAl THE J U ST
88 GANGA
89 GANESHA 90 CHAITANYA MAHAPAABHU
91 HITOPADESHA I 92 SAKSHI GOPAL
93 KANNAGI
94 NARSINH M EHT A
95 JASMA OF THE ODES
96 SHARAN KAUR
97 CHAN~AAHASA
98 PUNDAUK &. SAKHU
99 RAJ SINGH 100 PURUSHOTTAM DEV &.
PADMAVATI
101 VALl
102 NAGANANDA
103 MALAVIKA
104 RANI DURGAVATI
105 DASHARATHA
106 RANA SANGA
107 PRADYUMNA
108 VIDYASAGAR 109 TACHCHOLI OTHENAN
1 1 0 SULTANA RAZ1A --...-112 KRISHNA &. RUKMINI
11 3 RAJA BHOJA 114 GURU TEGH 8AHADUA
115 PAREEKSHIT 116 KADAMBARI
117 OHRUVA & ASHTAVAKAA
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 THE GITA
128 VEER HAMMIR
129 MALATI & MADHAVA
130 GARUDA
131 BIR8AL THE WISE
132 RANAK DEVI
133 MARYADA RAM A
134 BABUR
135 DEVI CHOUDHUAANI 136 RABJNDAANATH TAGORE
137 SOOADAS 1 38 PANCHATANTAA II
139 PRINCE HAITADHWAJ A
140 HUMAYUN
78 SHRIOATTA 141 PRABHAVATI
79 JATAKA TALES II 142 CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD
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154 CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA
155 J NAN ESHWAR
156 BA GHA JAT1N
157 M ANONMANl
158 ANGUUMALA
159 THE nOel!; ANO TH E WOODPECKER
160 TALES OF VlSl-! ... U
181 A M RAPAU
162 YAYA n 163 PANCHATAIIorr::t.A HI 1 64 TALES OF SJ-lT'JA
165 K ING SHAUVAHA"tA 1 66 TH E RAlI; O F KJ"":"TUR
167 K RI SHNA &. ·.;ARAKASURA
168 T H E MAG C GROVE
189 LACH fT BAii~
170 IN ORA A. ... O lRiTRA
171 A M AA S ·,GH RATl-IOR
172 K AISHNA &.
T H E FAlSE. \(ASUOEVA
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2 04 S H AH JAHA N
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