A History of Agriculture in India v2.c70.s5: Restoration of Humayun

v2.c70.s5.1

Early in A.D. 1555, Humayun defeated Sikandar Suri near Sirhind. Humayun occupied Delhi and Agra. He could not consolidate his conquest nor establish a regular civil government. His second reign lasted for only seven months. In January 1556, he fell from the staircase of his library in Purana Qila and died. ‘His end was of a piece with his character. If there was a possibility of falling Humayun was not the man to miss it. He tumbled through life, and he tumbled out of it.’ He lies buried in a magnificent tomb at Delhi, built by his widow in A.D. 1565-1569 during the reign of Akbar. It is generally considered that this splendid monument was the prototype of the Taj Mahal.