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APPENDIX III

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY

A.D. 1556 Battle of Panipat: Akbar king of Delhi 1560-2 Jaunpur, Malwa, Burhanpur annexed. 1567 Akbar storms Chitor. 1569 Founding of Fathpur-Sikri. 1572-3 Gujarat annexed. 1574 The Hall of Worship built at Fathpur-Sikri. 1575 Conquest of Bengal. 1582 Todar Mal makes a new assessment of lands. 1587 Kashmir, 1592 Sind, 1594 Kandahar annexed. 1599 Conquest of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan. 1600 Conquest of Asir in Khandesh. 1600 Incorporation of the first East India Company. 1605 Death of Akbar. 1609-11 Hawkins at the court of Jahangir: English factory at Surat. 1615-18 Sir Thomas Roe's embassy to Jahangir. 1616 Shah Jahan's campaign in the Deccan. 1622 Kandahar taken by Persia, recovered 1637, lost again 1648. 1623 Pietro della Valle in India. 1624 Rebellion of Shah Jahan against Jahangir and Nur Jahan. 1627 Death of Jahangir. 1361 Suppression of the Portuguese at Hugli. 1335 Shah Jahan reduces Bijapur to tributary dependence. 1638 Mandelslo at Agra. 1640 Manrique in India. 1646 Death of Nur Jahan.

1648 Completion of the Taj Mahal at Agra.

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