The Holbrook news., 1912-02-23

annals of the British crown
 that the English emperor of h. dia went there to be crowned in the heart of his vast Asiatic dominions, and there to receive the acclamations and homage of over SOO.OOO.000 of his subjects.
 The first recognition Of the lnolan empire in England was in 1877 when Disraeli. then prime minister Of Eng land. persuaded Queen Victoria, as matter of policy and to conciliate the natives. to allow herself to be pro claimed empress at Delhi, the ancient seat of the famous Great Moguls. AS a means of reconciling the people 10 British rule the stately ceremonial was an immense success, and the later proclamation of King Edward by Lord Curzon still further solidified the loy- atty of that land of splendor. sQualor and mystery.
 A Battlefield of Raess.
 A great mass of entirely legendary history of the aboriginal inhabitants exists in mythical and religious mar rative, but the first authenticated rec ords go no further back than the third century before Christ This beautiful and mysterious land has been con tinual battle ground for contending in- vaders, attracted by it's fertile plains and enormous wealth. Hindu and Mo hammedan, Mongol and Tartar, Frenchman and Englishman, have vaeed fierce wars for its possession. erecting dynasties and empires amid the ruin and desolation of devastated country.
 Prior to the first Mohammedan in' vasion at the beginning of the eleventh century, India was the seat of numer ous Buddhist kingdoms no one oi which would seem to have attained any definite overlordship. The found ers belonged to invading branches oi the Aryan race and were the ancestori of the Modern Hindu. The Sultan Mahmund was the first conqueror whS permanently established the Moham medan power in India, about the yea 1000. During the next 700 years Ire ouent invasions by the followers O Mohammedan frightened the stronI hold of that religion on the country AOOuL lQlB ll4Cs a 1CAACo VI AO-N mroads by the Mongolian and Tarta hordes from the north threatened th Mussulman domination and involves the country in fresh miseries.
 } The Mohammedans, however, retain ed the empire until 1526 when Barbe scholar. diplomatist and warlike dc scendant of TamerlaneEagain invad cd the unhappy country. defeated tn } Sultan Ibrahim on the plains of Delh and became the first of the Great Mo Ruls. His grandson, the celebrate Akbar, was the greatest Asiatic nor |, arch of modern times. He brough : the whole of India under the MogT 3 away. ruled with wisdom, vigor an humanity, encouraged literature an F education. and, although a Mohau medan. treated other religions wit f wonderful tolerance. Akbar's grand son the Emperor Shah Jehan, is mail lv remembered for the building of tn
 extraordinary and beautiful maus' [ laum at the Tai MahaL Twenty thoV a aand men were employed on it ince
 santly for 22 years. and 1t is probabl n the most beautiful building in th b world. It was designed for the eu ]. peror and his favorite wife.
 His son, the famous Aurungrzeb
 usurped the imperial power in 1s5
 and ruled with energy and effect fC q half A century. He cleared his way {
 the throne by the murder of his thr< mothers and is also believed to hay a noisoned his father. He was the mo ' powerful of the Great Moguls, but u
 fraud and treachery by which he e
 tablished his empire engendered hs
 red and distrust among his subject q At his death the gigantic CT ii ptre rapidly fell to pieces.
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