Storia do Mogor 171.3

171.3

After Aurangzeb had made peace with the Rani, he retired to Agrah to enjoy the palaces and gardens made by Shahjahan, his father. But he did not repose for long ; he had been born to trouble others and be troubled by them. Although he had quite as much as he could manage with Shiva Ji and the other two territories, Bijapur and Gulkandah, he sallied forth in search of further warfare. It very nearly happened that he came to entire ruin through a great rising which followed the war with the Rana which he entered upon. The beginning of this war was when Ibrahim Khan, governor and viceroy of Kashmir, in his anxiety to acquire glory, attempted and succeeded in an enterprise. It was as follows : On the confines of Kashmir is the province of Tibet, which belongs to China, divided from Kashmir by extremely high hills and chains of mountains. These are so steep that it is impossible to climb over or descend from them. But Nature taught a way of establishing friendship between the peoples, even though divided by such lofty walls. For the inhabitants carry out their intercourse with great fairness, those of the province of Tibet placing rope ladders for the descent, and when the business is over they remove these ladders. If they have no ladders, they let down their merchandise in a basket, and then carry on a conversation from the heights. In this way they conclude their bargains.