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Item Code: IHL385by Kavitha ManidanaPaperback (Edition: 2010)Penguin Books India ISBN 9780143330837 Size: 7.8 inch X 5.0 inch Pages: 122 a53_books |
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AKBAR
Kavitha Mandana grew up in parts of the Niligiri hills where telephones and TV did not exist. After an idyllic and undisciplined schooling in Ooty, and a degree in English Literature from Coimbatore, she got into a fairly unliterary career as an advertising copywriter in Bangalore. It took a chaotic six years working with print, TV and radio commercials for her to discover she liked writing and illustrating for kids. She writes regularly in the children's supplement of the Deccan Herald. Her work has also appeared in Chatterbox and Toot magazines. Tenali Raman (Puffin) was her first historical novel for kids.
Akbar
The Mighty Emperor
Kavitha Mandana
| Contents | |
CHAPTER ONE |
1 |
CHAPTER TWO |
5 |
CHAPTER THREE |
11 |
CHAPTER FOUR |
20 |
CHAPTER FIVE |
24 |
CHAPTER SIX |
29 |
CHAPTER SEVEN |
35 |
CHAPTER EIGHT |
41 |
CHAPTER NINE |
45 |
CHAPTER TEN |
50 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN |
54 |
CHAPTER TWELVE |
60 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN |
65 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN |
71 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN |
78 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN |
84 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN |
89 |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN |
93 |
CHAPTER NINETEEN |
97 |
CHAPTER TWENTY |
102 |
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE |
107 |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO A True Mughal |
111 |
Trivia Treasury |
115 |
The birth of a prince in medieval India was usually followed by grand celebrations. Camped out in the wilderness when the news of Akbar's safe delivery reached him, Humayun could only enjoy a quiet moment of thanksgiving. He broke a musk pod and, as the fragrance wafted all over the camp, the new father hoped his son's fame would similary spread across the world.
Akbar-—emperor, warrior, statesman and thinker—is Acknowledged as one of the most charismatic personalities in Indian history. Crowned the king of Hindustan at the age of thirteen, his empire expanded to include the farthest corners of the country. Yet he was not just a conqueror. A humanist, Akbar's deep interest in literature, architecture, art, and his inclusive vision of religions at a time when such thoughts were not in fashion, set him down as one of history's most remarkable men.
