[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) › 91.4 # The Institutes of Akbar 91.4 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 91.4 - **Language:** English ### [91.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.91.4) 15. The Pichhwah is a belt made of ropes, and is fastened over the buttocks of the elephant. It is a support for the Bhoi, and of much use to him in firing. 16. The Chaurásí consists of a number of bells attached to a piece of broadcloth, which is tied on before and behind with a string passed through it. It looks ornamental and grand. 17. Píthkachh is the name of two chains fastened over the elephant’s sides. Attached to them, a bell hangs below the belly. It is of great beauty and grandeur. 18. Large chains. They attach six on both sides, and three to the kalawah, the latter being added by His Majesty. 19. Qutás (the tail of the Thibetan Yak). There are about sixty, more or less, attached to the tusk, the forehead, the throat, and the neck. They are either white, or black, or pied, and look very ornamental. 20. The Tayyá consists of five iron plates, each a span long, and four fingers broad, fastened to each other by rings. On both sides of the Tayyá there are two chains, each a yard long, one of which passes from above the ear, and the other from below it, to the kalawah, to which both are attached. - [Previous: 91.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.91.3) - [Next: 91.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.91.5) - [Up: 91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.91) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.91.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.91.4) · Pramāṇa