[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 203.4.1 # Storia do Mogor 203.4.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 203.4.1 - **Language:** English ### [203.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.1) It is upon that day that the persons of the blood royal are weighed, according to ancient custom, in different ways — that is to say, first against seven kinds of metal, such as gold, silver, copper, iron, et cetera ; the second, against seven kinds of cloth — cloth of gold, cloth of silver, velvet, et cetera; and the third against seven kinds of grain — that is, wheat, rice, barley, et cetera. All this is done to discover the difference between one year and another. All the things weighed out are given to the poor, and what everyone has weighed is recorded in a book in memory of the occasion. The king makes great gains on that day, for everybody in the palace, and all the nobles of the court, are obliged to make him large presents. The day is called Nauroz — that is to say, ' New Day.' On his part, also, the king scatters his favours to his subjects by placing and displacing governors and officers, by giving jewels, elephants, and horses, and sets of robes (sarāpās). When he is in camp the festival is not celebrated with the same magnificence, and the thrones are not used, since they are never brought outside the fortress of Dihlī. - [Previous: 203.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.3.8) - [Next: 203.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.2) - [Up: 203.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.4.1) · Pramāṇa