[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) › 65.1.2 # The Institutes of Akbar 65.1.2 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 65.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [65.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.1.2) Greedy bāzār-dealers will mix it with wax, Mandal, and Lādan, &c.; but not every one has recourse to such practices. Mandal is a kind of ’Ambar taken from the intestines of dead fishes; it does not smell much. 2. Lādan is also often called ’Ambar. It is taken from a tree which grows in the confines of Qubrus (Cyprus) and Qīsis (Chios) or Qistis. It is a moisture that settles on the leaves of the tree. When goats in grazing pass near it, the hairs of their legs and the horn of their hoofs stick to it, and the whole then dries up. Such Lādan as is mixed with goat’s-hair, is counted superior. It looks greenish, and has a good smell. But Lādan which is mixed with horn is looked upon as inferior. Sometimes people tie ropes round about the trees, and collect the Lādan which sticks to them. Afterwards they boil it in water, clean it, and make it into cakes. - [Previous: 65.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.1.1) - [Next: 65.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.1.3) - [Up: 65.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.65.1.2) · Pramāṇa