The history of the Empire which we have so far traced has had a uyjtysoi its, own, despite the apparent variety in the
personal character of the Emperors themselves. Not to speafk of Balggur and Hgrnayiin, whose work might be regarded as
that of pioneers, “ Akbar, the l‘63L,f,Q1111,ClfiI_.Q.LIb.fl-B111Di1'€,” as Srgith says, “ was a man £1111! great, notwithstanding his
frajlties, and daring his 1ongpers,onal reign of forty=five years (1560-1,605) was able, to build np an organization strong
enough to survive twentytwo years _of Jah§ngir’s ieehler rule. Shéhiahan, a stern, ruthless man, kept a__fi1‘m hand on the
reins for thirty years, and was followed. bye Aurangzeb, who maintained the s1_s_t,_e_m. more or le__s_s_,,in._working mder for
almost Qmlearswlgqger.