[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) › 255.2.6 # Storia do Mogor 255.2.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 255.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [255.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.255.2.6) I come now to their mode of making war. When two rajahs are at war, they retain ambassadors not only at the court, but often in the army which is opposed to them. Since secrecy is the soul of government, a rule which these barbarians ignore, I do not consider that I am wronging them when I say that their political condition is that of a body without a soul ; for every intention and every design of an enemy is known to his opponent and to everyone else — so much so, that when an ambassador dispatches a letter to his rajah, it is read out by him in public. Ordinarily in the council where the letter is read there is present an envoy of the enemy, or some dependent of his. It is a common practice among these rajahs to end up a war by a payment made from the weaker to the stronger, for money is their only passion. As regards the men, not a native of this country has any loyalty, or gratitude, or power to keep a secret. - [Previous: 255.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.255.2.5) - [Next: 255.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.255.2.7) - [Up: 255.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.255.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.255.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.255.2.6) · Pramāṇa