[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 155.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 155.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 155.3 - **Language:** English ### [155.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.155.3) Low, avaricious men sold their horses, and were content to serve as foot-soldiers, or brought instead of a superior horse, a tatoo that looked more like an ass. They were magniloquent in their dishonesty and greediness of pay, and even expressed dissatisfaction, or rebelled. Hence His Majesty had to introduce the Descriptive Roll System, and to make the issue of pay dependent upon the inspection of these rolls (vide below Áín 7). This stopped, in a short time, much lawlessness, and regenerated the whole military system. But at that time the regulations regarding the Imperial brand were not issued, as His Majesty had adopted the advice of some inexperienced men, who look upon branding an animal as an act of cruelty; hence avaricious men (who cannot distinguish that which is good from that which is bad, having neither respect for themselves nor their master, and who think to promote a cause by ruining it, thus acting against their own interest) adopted other vicious practices, which led to a considerable want of efficiency in the army. Horse borrowing was then the order of the day. His Majesty, therefore, made the branding of the horses compulsory, in addition to the Descriptive Roll System. Easy-minded idlers thus passed through a school of discipline and became worthy men, whilst importunate, low men were taught honorableness and manliness. The unfeeling and avaricious learned the luxury of magnanimity. The army resembled a newly irrigated garden. - [Previous: 155.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.155.2) - [Next: 155.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.155.4) - [Up: 155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.155) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.155.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.155.3) · Pramāṇa