[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 3.9.9 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.9.9 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 3.9.9 - **Language:** English ### [3.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.9.9) 'You seem to think, that I ought to devote less time and attention to measures which I conceive essential to the consolidation and security of the kingdom, and that it would better become me to devise and execute plans of aggrandisement. I am indeed far from denying that conquests ought to distinguish the reign of a great Monarch, and that I should disgrace the blood of the great Timur, our honoured progenitor, if I did not seek to extend the bounds of my present territories. At the same time, I cannot be justly reproached with inglorious inaction, and you cannot with truth assert that my armies are unprofitably employed in the Decan and in Bengale. I wish you to recollect that the greatest conquerors are not always the greatest Kings. The nations of the earth have often been subjugated by mere uncivilised barbarians, and the most extensive conquests have in a few short years crumbled to pieces. He is the truly great King who makes it the chief business of his life to govern his subjects with equity,' and so forth. The remainder of this letter did not fall into my hands. - [Previous: 3.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.9.8) - [Next: 3.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.10.1) - [Up: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.9.9) · Pramāṇa