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?

5

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

8

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. ,---

~ == ....

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 ...

==;'§' ",-i" -- ~~~~---:,~" ~:=­~.

--~-""---= --

" 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.

20

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!

22

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.

::--,.--:;;

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

Price: Rs. 3.00 each

143 A BAG OF GOLD COINS 144 PURANDRA DASA

145 BHANUM ATJ 148 VIVEKANANQA

147 KRJSHNA &. JARASANOHA

148 NOOR JAHAN 149 ELEPHANTA

'50 T ALES OF N ARAOA ,51 KR ISHN A DEVA RAY A

152 B1RBAL THE WITTY 153 M A DHVACHARY A

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

173 )(OCHUr.,,~

174 TALES OF Yt.'!J - S'-tTHIRA

1 75 H A RI SING ... "'"o.A-..f .. A

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186 nRUPPAloi & JCA..-...Ak.AOASA 187 TlPUSULTAN 188 DR. AMBEOI(AA 189 THVGSe. 190 K.Afl.NAPPA

1 91 T HE kJ.'G 'A PARRO' S BOny 1 92 RAHADHIRA 1 9 3 KAPAtA KUNOAl..A 1 9 4 GOPAL f: THE COWHERD 195 JATAKA TALES H 196 HO"rHAl. 1 9 7 TH E nA::"l8OW PRINCE 1 98 TALES OF ARJUNA , 99 CHA. .... "O~T

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