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 Mai 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 Eoe's embassy to Jahangir. Shah Jahan's campaign in the Deccan. Kandahar taken by Persia, recovered 1637, lost again 1648. Pietro della Valle in India. Rebellion of Shah Jahan against Jahangir and Nur Jahan. Death of Jahangir. Suppression of the Portuguese at Hugli. Shah Jahan reduces Bijapur to tributary dependence. Mandelslo at Agra. Manrique in India. Death of Nur Jahan. Completion of the Taj Mahal at Agra. 277