[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) › 4.4.6 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 4.4.6 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 4.4.6 - **Language:** English ### [4.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.4.6) Leaving out of our present calculation the infantry, which is of small amount, and the number of horses, which is merely nominal, and is apt to deceive a superficial observer, I should think, with many persons well conversant with this matter, that the effective cavalry, commonly about the King's person, including that of the Rajas and Patans, amount to thirty-five or forty thousand; which, added to those in the provinces, forms a total of more than two hundred thousand horse. I have said that the infantry was inconsiderable. I do not think that in the army immediately about the King, the number can exceed fifteen thousand, including musketeers, foot artillery, and generally, every person connected with that artillery. From this, an estimate may be formed of the number of infantry in the provinces. I cannot account for the prodigious amount of infantry with which some people swell the armies of the Great Mogol, otherwise than by supposing that with the fighting men, they confound servants, sutlers, tradesmen, and all those individuals belonging to bazars, or markets, who accompany the troops. Including these followers, I can well conceive that the army immediately about the King's person, particularly when it is known that he intends to absent himself for some time from his capital, may amount to two, or even three hundred thousand infantry. - [Previous: 4.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.4.5) - [Next: 4.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.4.7) - [Up: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.4.4.6) · Pramāṇa