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est war on record. The result WI
that the Mosiems captured the coun
Try an forced hit to adopt the Mos
lem religion. Then the high up Mos
lens. the presidin' elders an deacon
an so on. fell out ermong themselve
an got into a war that lasted fer fiv'
hundred years or more. So Indi;
had a thousand years ov war with
out a rest. Ov course that wuz Ii
the old days. before the day ov fire
arms. bond issues an prohibition
war did not then mean what hi
| means to-day an the country wu1
not filled up with anti-imperialists
az IL the United States at this time
| But war wuz hell" then, just az hit
IL now. an but few countries could
| hey stood a thousand years ov hit on
| straight stretch. But India did.
Some time later, however, Tanner
Ian, the Tartar, invaded India an,
proving to be more ov a warrior than
some ov the ancient fighters, he
drenched the country in blood. Dur
] in anvil this time Delhi wuz the prin-
cipal city in the northern portion ov
India an stood the brunt ov the
fightin' an hits results. After this
Babar, the first ov the great Mogul
rulers, got in the saddle. Babar con-
solidated the empire after long an
bitter contest an liz sed to have ruled
hit very wisely. Later on Akbar, a
grandson ov Babar. became ruler ov
India. He built three great forts,
one at Allahabad. another at Agra,
an the third at Atok. Akbar put up
a group ov buildin's at Fatepur ST.
kri, twenty miles frum Agra, for
hiZ home or castle. These buildin's
hev attracted many visitors. They
air built ov red sandstone an air
very beautiful. some ov the carvin's
and other ornamental work bein'
masterpieces in their line. Near Ag-
ra stands the tomb ov Akbar. 1t IL
awlso built ov red sandstone. The
tomb liz three hundred an twenty
feet square at the base an hit hez
four galleries, each smaller than the
first. The top liz a roofless marble
platform or court on which rests the
marble casket in which rests the
bones ov Akbar. Enclosing the cof-
fin or tomb liz a beautifully carved
screen ov marble through which you
view the casket. At one time the
famous Kohinoor diamond, the lar
gest in the world, said to be worth
million dollars, wuz one ov the orna-
ments about this tomb. When the
Persians invaded India the soldiers
carried the diamond away The Per-
sian King had hit restored to India,
however, an hit wuz later given to
Queen Victoria, ov England, by GER
tain officials. Ov course the Queens
son, now the King ov England, will
see that hit stays in the family. The
English air not like the people in
India.
One strikin' feature erbout India
il the free use they make ov the let
ter ga" Hit begins the names ov
most ov the Kings an the names ov
some ov the principal cities. The in
stance, the ruler Akbar Then the
first four letters ov the English al
phabet furnish the beginnin' ov the
names ov the principal cities ov In
dia-Agra, Allahabad, Aligarh, Bonn
bay, Buitenzorg, Calcutta, Cawnpore,
Delhi, etc.
Shah Jehau wuZ the last ov the
three great moguls He began hiz
career az ruler ov India by murder
in two brothers an two cousins be-
cause he believed that they had an
eye on the palace. He finally fell
an when he died he wuz in prison,
havin' bin placed in that condition
by hiz own son. Possibly he deserved
hit awl, though.
But Shah Jehau wuZ builder. He
constructed many ov the most beau
tiful buildin's in India. Hit wuz he
that built the Pearl Mosque at Agra,
within the walls ov a fort, which hez
bin described az "the purest, love-
Hest house of prayer in existence
Hit il built ov pure white marble
an combines strength, simplicity
and grace" He awlso built the
Mosque at Delhi. one ov the greatest
architectural accomplishments the
world hez known.
Delhi IL one ov the eldest cities in
India. When the Arayans cum down
from the Northwest an whipped the
ancient tribes ov India they built a
city called Indrapat near the pres
ent site ov Delhi. The thousand
year war I spoke ov erbout finished
that city an nothin' now remains but
ruins an the streets air pig-paths.
Hit seems that since time began the
people ov awl nations, awl races. no
matter how ignorant, how poor nor
how rich, hev been builders ov cities.
1t wuz SO in the Holy Land" in
Africa, in India. In America the
greatest ov the new countries, the
people, even though intelligent, air