[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) › 61.1 # Storia do Mogor 61.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 61.1 - **Language:** English ### [61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.1) I opine that this little account will be of some satisfaction to the reader, more especially at a time when so many write about the Chinese, their empire and their conquests. Although I do not affirm that the Chinese were in ancient times masters of any other countries besides China, nevertheless it appears to me very probable that, in addition to the lands they now occupy, they might once have had a much more extensive empire. I could adduce many reasons for this assumption of mine, but as I have decided not to write on any other subject than the Mogul Empire, I leave it to other inquiring minds to deal with this question. All I will say is that there is a good foundation for asserting that the Chinese were once lords of Hindustan, and that they were ejected by the Pathans, seeing that they were opposed to the entrance of foreigners into the empire of China, and put to death those whose evil fortune impelled them to enter the Chinese territory. On the whole, it appears to me the strongest reasons for affirming that the Chinese were once in Hindustan are the things I have seen there ; of which I will give a brief account to the reader, leaving it to him to decide whether they ever were or not in the lands of which we are speaking. - [Previous: 60.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.60.8.4) - [Next: 61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.2) - [Up: 61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.1) · Pramāṇa