Note 2 — Chapter XVII · The Tomb.

Much had happened in these few years. Akbar was no more, and in his place reigned his son Salim, who, in accordance with the wish of his father as he lay on his dying bed, had girded on the sword the Emperor had always worn, and who was now, under the name of Jahangir, the Emperor of Hindustan.2 That he was not to be compared to Akbar was to be expected, still his reign was not bad; and it fell to the lot of his successors—to Shah Jahan3 and Aurangzíb4—so to corrupt the formerly powerful empire, as that it fell an easy prey into the hands of British conquerors.