[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) › 5.6.5 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.6.5 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.6.5 - **Language:** English ### [5.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.6.5) On the third day of the festival, the King, and after him several Omrahs, were weighed with a great deal of ceremony in large scales, which, as well as the weights, are, they say, of solid gold. I recollect that all the courtiers expressed much joy when it was found that Aureng-Zebe weighed two pounds more than the year preceding. Similar festivals are held every year, but never before were they celebrated with equal splendour and expense. It is thought that the principal inducement with the King for the extraordinary magnificence displayed on this occasion was to afford to the merchants an opportunity of disposing of the quantities of brocades, which the war had for four or five years prevented them from selling. The expense incurred by the Omrahs was considerable, but a portion of it fell ultimately on the common troopers, whom the Omrahs obliged to purchase the brocades to be made up into vests. - [Previous: 5.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.6.4) - [Next: 5.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.6.6) - [Up: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.6.5) · Pramāṇa