[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Chachnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) › [The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg) › 16.2.1 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 16.2.1 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 16.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [16.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.16.2.1) When wazir Budhiman went home, he took a sheep in hand, and in its hair he scattered earth and mustard-seed, and threw water. He continued (this treatment) for several days and nights, till the whole (animal) became green (by the seeds sending off shoots). He then drove it out, and crowds of people, great and low, urban and rural, gazed at it in wonder. This went on for 3 days. Thereafter though the sheep wandered all about the town, no one paid any attention to it, and it was clean forgotten. The wazir (then) said: "O king whatever happens, whether good or evil, the people's tongues wag about it for 3 days only; thereafter no one remembers whether it was good or evil. Anyhow, you ought so to act that you may not be cut off from the kingdom—that this matter may be (quietly) settled, and this assembly (of nobles) may not fall off from their allegiance to you." Dahar then turned for advice to those 500 men, on whose word he placed full reliance, and in whose valour and courage he always trusted, and who, on their part, used to listen to his commands attentively, and conform to his words and deeds. These men unanimously declared: "We are ready to obey the king's order with all our heart. There is no doubt that kings derive pleasure from their kingdom. - [Previous: 16.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.16.1.7) - [Next: 16.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.16.2.2) - [Up: 16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.16.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.16.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.16.2.1) · Pramāṇa