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MOGHULS. into actual mutiny, and, as far as possible, rallied round the king, there seemed to arise a well-founded hope of a renewal of actual sovereignty. But it existed for a very brief period only; and for the outrages committed under his personal knowledge, if not actual direction, the king, after his apprehension, was tried by a commission and found guilty. His life, for many reasons, was spared; but he was sent into a dreary exile - perhaps worse than death - and he died at a very advanced age, at Tounghoo, an obscure town of British Burmah. So perished the long and noble dynasty of Tamerlane, which, during its existence of three hundred and thirty years, had ruled India with a splendour and vigour before unknown, and furnished a succession of monarchs, to whom may be justly accorded prominent places in the world's history.