[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) › 62.5 # Storia do Mogor 62.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 62.5 - **Language:** English ### [62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.5) These baniyas have great veneration for the river Ganges. They say that by bathing your body in it you attain redemption and become delivered from your sins. The same end is gained for those whose ashes are thrown into that river. For this reason, after burning the dead man's body, as is the custom, the ashes of great nobles are carried from great distances followed by a great concourse, with much ceremonial and expenditure, to be thrown into the said river. The baniyas carry this Ganges water in brass vessels through the kingdom far and near for delivery to their devotees, from whom they receive their reward. Many Hindu princes hold it a religious duty to drink such water. To this intent they send camels, who daily go and come, even if it be a two or three months' journey. There is another piece of foolishness they have — that is to say, when a man is near death they carry him to the bank of the said river, and finish off by killing him by dint of its waters. It happens often that out of devotion men die on the banks of this river, as I have seen, and the Hindus who pass by throw the body into it. This will suffice for an account of a people who do not deserve the name of man, who are to be found in great numbers in the Mogul kingdom. - [Previous: 62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.4) - [Next: 63.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.63.1.1) - [Up: 62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.62.5) · Pramāṇa