[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) › 8.1 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 8.1 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 8.1 - **Language:** English ### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.8.1) Concerning the March of Aureng-Zebe, His Army, with the horse Artillery which as a rule he retains as a body-guard. The State maintained by his principal Nobles, The causes of the badness of the water, and various other details worthy of note when travelling in the Indies. MONSIEUR, Since the time of Aureng-Zebe's recovery it had been constantly rumoured that he intended to visit Lahor and Kachemire, in order to benefit his health by change of air and avoid the approaching summer heat, from which a relapse might be apprehended. Many intelligent persons, it is true, could scarcely persuade themselves that the King would venture upon so long a journey while his father remained a prisoner in the citadel of Agra. Considerations of policy, however, have yielded to those of health; if indeed this excursion may not rather be attributed to the arts and influence of Rauchenara-Begum, who has been long anxious to inhale a purer air than that of the Seraglio, and to appear in her turn amid a pompous and magnificent army, as her sister Begum-Saheb had done during the reign of Chah-Jehan. - [Previous: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.7) - [Next: 8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.8.2) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.8.1) · Pramāṇa