Guided Reading 15-3

I. In 1500 the Indian ________________ was divided into a number of Hindu and Muslim kingdoms.

A. The founder of the ________________ dynasty was Babur, descended from Timur Lenk.

B. Babur captured ________________ and established his power in the plains of North India.

II. By 1605, ________________ had brought Mongul rule to most of India.

A. Akbar was known for the ________________ character of his rule.

1. A Muslim, he adopted a policy of religious ________________.

2. Akbar took a ________________ princess as one of his wives.

B. Overall, the Akbar Era was a time of ________________ by the standards of the day.

III. Shah Jahan’s rule was marred by his failure to deal with ________________ problems.

A. His son Aurangzeb had his brother put to death and ________________ his father.

B. In 1739, Delhi was sacked by the ________________ who left it in ashes.

IV. The arrival of the ________________ hastened the decline of the Mongul Empire.

A. The British overcame ________________ competition through the genius of Sir Robert Clive.

B. Indian guerrilla fighters continued to ________________ the British.

V. The Monguls were foreign ________________ ruling a largely ________________ population.

A. Many Hindus adopted the Islamic practice of ________________ women.

B. The Mongul era saw the emergence of a ________________ landed nobility.

C. The ________________ is widely considered to be the most beautiful building in India.