[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 932.13.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 932.13.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.13.7 - **Language:** English ### [932.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.13.7) Pleasant things of Hindūstān are that it is a large country and has masses of gold and silver. Its air in the Rains is very fine. Sometimes it rains 10, 15 or 20 times a day; torrents pour down all at once and rivers flow where no water had been. While it rains and through the Rains, the air is remarkably fine, not to be surpassed for healthiness and charm. The fault is that the air becomes very soft and damp. A bow of those (Transoxanian) countries after going through the Rains in Hindūstān, may not be drawn even; it is ruined; not only the bow, everything is \[Sidenote: Fol. 291b.\] affected, armour, book, cloth, and utensils all; a house even does not last long. Not only in the Rains but also in the cold and the hot seasons, the airs are excellent; at these times, however, the north-west wind constantly gets up laden with dust and earth. It gets up in great strength every year in the heats, under the Bull and Twins when the Rains are near; so strong and carrying so much dust and earth that there is no seeing one another. People call this wind Darkener of the Sky (H. \_āndhī\_). The weather is hot under the Bull and Twins, but not intolerably so, not so hot as in Balkh and Qandahār and not for half so long. - [Previous: 932.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.13.6) - [Next: 932.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.13.8) - [Up: 932.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.13.7) · Pramāṇa