Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t3.34

v3.c42.s1.t3.34

Death of Akbar.—In this portion of the Bundi memoirs is related the mode of Akbar’s death.¹ He had designed to take off the great Raja Man by means of a poisoned confection formed into pills. To throw the Raja off his guard, he had prepared other pills which were [476] innocuous ; but in his agitation he unwittingly gave these to the Raja, and swallowed those which were poisoned. On the emperor’s death, Rao Bhoj retired to his hereditary dominions, and died in his palace of Bundi, leaving three sons, Rao Ratan, Harda Narayan,² and Keshodas.³