...convenience of Hindustan is that the workmen of every profession and trade are innumerable ; for any work there is always a set ready, to whom the same employment and trade have descended from father to son.'* Baber mentions that he employed daily two thousand stonecutters. i Besides building palaces and making...

...or Kandahar. It is not above half so warm as in these places. Another convenience of Hindustan is,J that the workmen of every profession and trade are...employment and trade have descended from father to son from ages. In the Zefer-Namah of Mulla Sherif-ed-din Ali Yezdi, it is mentioned as a surprising fact,...

...is, that the workmen Abundance of every profession and trade are innumerable and without °f workend. For any work, or any employment, there is always a...have descended from father to son for ages. In the Zafer-nameh of Mulla Sherif-ed-dm Ali Yezdi, it is mentioned as a surprising fact, that when Taimur...

...was undoubtedly a convenience to foreigners and to the rich. Babar observes in this connection : " Another convenience of Hindustan is that the workmen...trade have descended from father to son for ages." * The majority of the people were dependent upon agriculture; and the artisans and craftsmen had no...