...his memoirs as follows; — "Hindustan is a country which has few things to recommendThe people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society or freely mixing together in familiar intercourse. They have no genius, no comprehension of mind, no...

...the miseries of exile. Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly...mechanical invention in planning or executing their handicrafts, no skill or knowledge in design or architecture ; they have no good horses, no good flesh,...

...few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of friendly society. They have no genius, no comprehension of mind, no...executing their handicraft works ; no skill or knowledge * This may have been the stone, The Ocean of Lustre, now in the treasury of the Shah of Persia. It...

...about their waist, and the other they throw over their head.36 "The people of India," Babur wrote, "have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together or of familiar intercourse."37 He found the whole of Agra ugly and detestable where however he erected buildings and...

...man of letters wrote in the Baburnanw. Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly...politeness of manner, no kindness or fellow-feeling, no skill in design or architecture. There is an excessive amount of earth and dust flying about. Babur...