[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) › 932.7.6 # The Memoirs of Bābur 932.7.6 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.7.6 - **Language:** English ### [932.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.6) (\_d. Of the northern mountains.\_) After crossing the Sind-river (eastwards), there are countries, in the northern mountains mentioned above, appertaining to Kashmīr and once included in it, although most of them, as for example, Paklī and Shahmang (?), do not now obey it. Beyond Kashmīr there are countless peoples and hordes, \_parganas\_ and cultivated lands, in the mountains. As far as Bengal, as far indeed as the shore of the great ocean, the peoples are without break. About this procession of men no-one has been able to give authentic information in reply to our enquiries and investigations. So far people have been saying that they call these hill-men Kas.\[1723\] It has struck me that as a Hindūstānī pronounces \_shīn\_ as \_sīn\_ (\_i.e.\_ \_sh\_ as \_s\_), and as Kashmīr is the one respectable town in these mountains, no other indeed being heard of, Hindūstānīs might pronounce it Kasmīr.\[1724\] These people trade in musk-bags, \_b:ḥrī-qūṯās\_,\[1725\] saffron, lead and copper. - [Previous: 932.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.5) - [Next: 932.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.7) - [Up: 932.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.7.6) · Pramāṇa