Amar Chitra Katha

2. 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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3. BABUR
--~
THE YEAR WAS 1483; THE PLACE:
FARGHANA VALLEY; THE TIME: WINTER.
OMAR SHAIK, THE RULER WAS
AMUslNe HIMSELF IN HIS DOVE(OTE
ATANCJI..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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SHUBANESWAR • 7
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4. , . ~
HE IS A HEALTHY,
BOUNCING BABY. fiE
WILL MAKE AGOOD
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!

5. ZA - ZA- - -OH,NEVER
MIND, I'LL CALL HIM
BABUR";FOR THAT
BOY IS A LITTLE?
r-,..<:;;;;;,Ci

6. 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!

7. 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.

8. 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 • ••

9. • •• 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

10. 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. ,------,::::;::::-]

11. BABUR RODE OUTAT 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!

12. 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,IFl"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!

13. 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 SAMAR-
KHAND, 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!

14. AH ! 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

15. WHEN BABUR'S ARMY REACHEO
THE BEAUTIFUL HILL HAMLET OF
SHIRAZ, HE WAS HAPPY TO f3E£AN
ARMY ENCAMPEO THERE.
BABUR

16. THEY FINALLY I<FACHED 5AMflRKHANO.
-~-~f LORD KASIM,
__-, 15 BEAUTIFUL TO BeHOLD,
L~=~ NOT MINe yeT!
- 14
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.

17. SASlJR ANO HI5 MEN WA1I:HEO 5HAISANI'5 ARRNAL APPREHEN5NELY.
8ASVR MAOEA 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"
-- ~~~~---:,~"~:=­
~.
--~-""---= --

18. " 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!

19. BUT WITHIN A HI/NOREO
114YS, TH€ £>REAM HAO
T1IRNEO INTOA
5AMARKHANO WA6 HIS A7LA5T. BABUR'S OR€AM HAO COME TRUE.
17
GRANARIES ARE ~M;Dn"
AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
RUINED BY THESELON6
BATTLES! CAN YOU BLAME
OUR SOLDIERS "OR
DESERTING?
SO, THIS IS
HOW WE "~"UUI"'­
THE JOYS OF Wf'~Ut:"T
THIS CITY WILL SOON
EMPTY, WITH ONLY
ECHOES TO MOCK
OUR aORY!
THESE
MON60LS ARE AN
UNRELIABLE LOT. WE
WILL HAVE TO SEND
FOR THE TROOPS WE
LEFT BEHIND AT
ANDIJAN.

20. 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 IMPOSSIBLE !
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.

21. BABUR
8ASUR,HOWEVER, RECOVEREO.HE.... lA/U" '5 THE USE
DEI'ENDING THE ClTYr
!F BABUR 15 DYING,
JEHANSIRAND 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!
JU5TAS 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!

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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.

25. 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 OAYANO WAS LiKELY 7D ATTACK
KABUL NEXT. BUT ONE DA~ BABUR RECEIVE[)
A57VUNOINI3 NEWS FROM LOROKA51A1.

26. 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'"

27. 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~~fMAGIC, ANO THE INi'lA~IITAIN7,,1
WELCOMED HIM. ~-_--.J-t.
AND ONCE AGAIN BABUR
FOUND HIMSELF IN THe
GREAT PALACE TIMUR HAO
BUILTATSAMARKHAND.BUT
HIS VlClVRY WAS LIKE A'3HES
IN HIS MOUTH.

28. .. 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 RETURN 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!

29. 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! <

30. 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!/

31. 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 READYONE MORE WORD···
THE SULTAN 15 NOT
LIKED BYHIS PEOPLE .
THIS GIVES US A MORAL
ADVANTAGE avER ·
HIM .
f
:;;;~~==~-J r:DR THE BATTLE WHiCH
WILL DECIDE OUR r:ATE
IN THIS

32. THE CANNON
THE ENEMY'S AOVANCINe
ELEPHANTS WERE TURNED
AWAY BY VOLLEYS OFARROWS,
WHILE THE !3IJNMEN FIRED
STEADILY. ON rHE RI5HT,TWO
eENERAL5 BROKE OUTAND
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.

33. BY MID-DAY, THE 5I/LTAN'S MEN
WERE FLEElN6 AWAY, PLiRlWED BY
BABUR'S MEN. IN HilUA 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.

34. 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 SINGH
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 BIABAl THE J U ST
88 GANGA
89 GANESHA
90 CHAITANYA MAHAPAABHU
91 HITOPADESHA I
92 SAKSHI GOPAL
93 KANNAGI
94 NARSINH M EHTA
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 10 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
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