There was a kingdom when we first began this book. The Huns attacked India and it began to fall apart. The little kingdoms began fighting each other. they hoped for a strong ruler, and they began getting poorer because of wars and diseases. Finally the emperor they wanted came -- Babur the Tiger. He was driven out of his home by another ruler and was looking for a new home. He conquered Delhi and then the the rest of it. But he was an Ottoman Turk, not an Indian. The Indians were afraid of him. He wanted to be a good ruler so he let people follow their own religon even though he followed Islam. He missed his old home, so he built himself a garden and a bath. he described India as a dusty place with no gardens and no baths.
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