[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) › 9.2.3 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 9.2.3 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 9.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [9.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.2.3) The quarters of the Monarch are understood to comprehend not only the great square, but the numerous tents situated without the square, to which I have just drawn your attention. Their position is always in the centre of the army, or as much so as the nature of the ground will admit. You will easily conceive that there is something very striking and magnificent in these royal quarters, and that this vast assemblage of red tents, placed in the centre of a numerous army, produces a brilliant effect when seen from some neighbouring eminence ; especially if the country be open, and offer no obstruction to the usual and regular distribution of the troops. - [Previous: 9.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.2.2) - [Next: 9.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.2.4) - [Up: 9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.9.2.3) · Pramāṇa