[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) › 82.2.5 # The Institutes of Akbar 82.2.5 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 82.2.5 - **Language:** English ### [82.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.82.2.5) The Hindus have written many books in explanation of these various tempers, as also many treatises on the diseases of the elephants, their causes and proper remedies. Elephants are chiefly found in the Súbah of Agrah, in the forests of Bayáwán and Narwar, as far as Barár; in the Súbah of Ilahabás (Allahabad), in the confines of Pattah (?), and G’horág’hát, and Ratanpúr, Nandanpúr, Sargachh, and Bustar; and in the Súbah of Málwah, near Handiyah, Uchhod, Chandérí, Santwás, Bíjágarh, Ráisín, Hoshangábád, Garh, Haryágadh; in the Súbah of Bahár, in the neighbourhood of Rahtás and Jhar-k’hand; and in the Súbah of Bengal, in Orísá, and Sátgánw (Húglí). The elephants of Pattah (?) are the best. A herd of elephants is called in Hindí sahn. They vary in number; sometimes a herd amounts to a thousand elephants. Wild elephants are very cautious. In winter and summer, they select a proper place, and break down a whole forest near their sleeping place. For the sake of pleasure, or for food and drink, they often travel over great distances. On the journey one runs far in front of the others, like a sentinel; a young female is generally selected for this purpose. When they go to sleep, they send out to the four sides of the sleeping place pickets of four female elephants, which relieve each other. - [Previous: 82.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.82.2.4) - [Next: 82.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.82.2.6) - [Up: 82.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.82.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.82.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.82.2.5) · Pramāṇa