[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) › 254.1.6 # Storia do Mogor 254.1.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 254.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [254.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.254.1.6) The above is the apparel of the princes and the richest nobility. As for the soldiers, labourers, and other ordinary people, they have no more than a cloth bound round their head, and a little string round their middle, attached to which is a morsel of cloth, a span wide and a cubit in length, about the size of one of our ordinary napkins. With this cloth they cover the parts of the body that natural modesty requires to be concealed. Lastly, they have another cloth, somewhat of the same size, bound round the body, which serves in the day-time as a garment and at night as a bed, their mattress being identical with the damp earth. A stone or a piece of wood serves as bolster. Thus what would be looked on in Europe as a severe penance is in this country the ordinary habit. There are some so badly provided that they content themselves with the piece of cloth spoken of above as used to cover the private parts. In this equipment they hold themselves fully dressed and fit to talk to anyone, wherever it might be. - [Previous: 254.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.254.1.5) - [Next: 254.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.254.1.7) - [Up: 254.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.254.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.254.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.254.1.6) · Pramāṇa