[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) › 62.3 # Storia do Mogor 62.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 62.3 - **Language:** English ### [62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.3) By nature these baniyas are very timid, and object to carry arms. This is why they do not keep any weapons in their houses, neither a knife nor other implement by which injury can be inflicted. They are very careful about the answers they give to questions, as can be seen from the affair which I recounted a little time ago (I., 92), and, according to popular sayings, it is their habit to dissemble even when someone asks them what day it is (they are, however, much more ready to answer if you talk about business). They give a useless answer ; but if the questioner insists on a reply, they say first of all that they do not know. After that, if he still demands a direct answer, they say (for example) : ' Do you not know that yesterday it was Thursday?' If the other returns to the charge, they say : ' Do you not know that to-morrow is Saturday ?' And if the inquirer persists, they answer with hesitation : ' Everybody says that to-day is Friday.' - [Previous: 62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.2) - [Next: 62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.4) - [Up: 62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.3) · Pramāṇa