Travels in India (Tavernier) 122.4

122.4

This Raja having taken Callian Bondi, a small town of the Kingdom of Bijapur, by the advice of the Brahmins, who assured him that he would find a considerable amount of buried treasure, he ordered it to be partly demolished, and found in fact great riches, with which he supported his army, consisting of more than 30,000 men. It is impossible to disabuse these idolaters of their errors, because they will not listen to reason, and they entirely subordinate their own judgment to their ancient customs, the principal of which is to burn the bodies of the deceased,