ji8 A Sportswoman in India 



capital to yet a new site, which he chose a few miles 

 off, and to which he gave his own name Ferozabad. 

 A tall, thin pillar made out of a single piece of stone 

 is called Feroz Shah's kotela, and it may have been 

 part of one of his buildings. Others say that it 

 is of immense antiquity, and call it a Buddhist Idt. 



Later on the capital was removed to Agra. Then 

 again Baber invaded India, killed the monarch, and 

 rebuilt Delhi. But peace there was none. His son 

 was in his turn defeated and expelled. Once more 

 the usurper entirely rebuilt the city. However, Persia 

 came to the rescue, the usurper was overthrown, and 

 the rightful ruler reinstated. Again Delhi is built, 

 enclosed, and fortified afresh ! 



Next upon the scene comes the great Emperor 

 Akbar. Delhi once more fell into decay, deserted 

 in favour of Agra. Shah Jehan, his son, however, 

 rebuilt it, almost in its present form. 



Later on we find civil wars breaking out, and 

 Hindu chiefs sacking Delhi. Then followed the 

 invasion of the Persians and a terrible massacre. Civil 

 wars ran rife. Finally we find the Hindus being over- 

 thrown by the English under the walls of Delhi, and 

 Lord Lake in 1803 undertaking to protect the king. 



From that time until the Mutiny it was a case of 

 <c protection " an illustration of the way England won 

 India, at the point of the sword, but with the help 

 of the native tribes and native princes themselves, to 

 whom she became a necessity, without whom the 

 natives could no longer maintain their position, on 



