[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) › 61.6 # Storia do Mogor 61.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 61.6 - **Language:** English ### [61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.6) I reserved for this place what I have to say about the artillery that Akbar possessed in Hindustan, because the statement I am about to make may be held a novelty in Europe — that is to say, the idea that the first inventors of artillery were the Chinese. For the most experienced historians of our Europe write that artillery was invented in the year one thousand three hundred and eighty by Bertoldo Nigro, a German, whereas the artillery owned by Akbar was much older. I have seen many large cannon of excellent metal, with the breach made plain just like a drum. The imperfection of the work proved that these were the earliest ; nor can the credit for such work be given to any other nation than the Chinese, who of all peoples are noted as the most ingenious. Thus it becomes proved, as the most probable opinion, that the Chinese were once in ancient times the masters of Hindustan. - [Previous: 61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.5) - [Next: 62.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.1) - [Up: 61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.61.6) · Pramāṇa