[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) › 4.2.1 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 4.2.1 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 4.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.1) Second. — The empire of the Great Mogol comprehends several nations, over which he is not absolute master. Most of them still retain their own peculiar chiefs or sovereigns, who obey the Mogol or pay him tribute only by compulsion. In many instances this tribute is of trifling amount; in others none is paid; and I shall adduce instances of nations which, instead of paying, receive tribute. The petty sovereignties bordering the Persian frontiers, for example, seldom pay tribute either to the Mogol or to the King of Persia. Nor can the former be said to receive anything considerable from the Balouches, Augans, and other mountaineers, who indeed seem to feel nearly independent of him, as was proved by their conduct when the Mogol marched from Ateck on the Indus to Kaboul; for the purpose of besieging Kandahar. By stopping the supply of water from the mountains and preventing its descent into the fields contiguous to the public road, they completely arrested the army on its march, until the mountaineers received from the Mogol the presents which they had solicited in the way of alms. - [Previous: 4.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.1.8) - [Next: 4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.2) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.2.1) · Pramāṇa