Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s8.12
Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s8.12
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c17.s8.12
That is why men of each profession excelled in their craft. Writing about Indian workmen Bābur says: "680 men worked daily on my buildings in Agra..., while 1,491 stone-cutters worked on my buildings in Agra, Sikri, Biana, Dholpur, Gwalior and Koil.¹³⁵ In the same way there are numberless artisans of every sort in Hindustan,"¹³⁶ like brewers, goldsmiths, iron-smiths, tin-workers, carpenters, oilmen, barbers, jugglers, mountebanks, musicians, and still others.¹³⁷