1396 Kingdom of Guzerat established

1411 Ahmed Shah's constant wars

1459 Mahomed Shah's illustrious reign

of fifty years; his navy

1540 Defeats Humayoon, and mounts

the throne

1545 The five years of Shere Shah's

reign the most brilliant period

of Indian history

1553 Empire lost to his family

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Humayoon's adventures abroad
1556 Recovers the throne and dies
1556 Akbar mounts the throne
1556 Hemu defeated at Paniput
1556 Akbar's great minister, Byram,
his arrogance and fall

Akbar's conflict with his satraps 52

1568 His power fully established.

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His matrimonial alliances with

Rajpoot princesses

the empire

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1401 Dilawur Ghore establishes Malwa 40

1435 Mahomed Ghilje usurps

the

throne, his reign passed in inces-

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Akbar's army annihilated in the
passes of Afghanistan

SECTION V.

Akbar's views on the Deccan
State of the Deccan

1336 The great Hindoo monarchy of
Beejanuger established

Its magnitude and

power

1565 Confederacy of the Mahomedan
princes of the Deccan against it 59