... Sikandra The Chakra the Indian Emblem of Empire, AKBAR, EMPEROR OF INDIA. [A] The student of India who would at the same time be an historian, discovers to his sorrow that the land of his researches ... OF ILLUSTRATIONS Akbar Directing the Tying-up of a Wild Elephant (Frontispiece) Akbar, Emperor of India Mausoleum of Akbar's Father, Humâyun View of Fathpur Akbar's Grave Mausoleum of Akbar at ... lad to the government of a disintegrated and almost annihilated realm in the India of the sixteenth century, —which means in an age of perfidy, treachery, avarice, and self-seeking,—Akbar appears...