History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c85.s5.12

v5.c85.s5.12

A generation of imperialists grew up in the Deccan who had never seen a city or house of brick or stone, but passed all their lives in tents, marching from one encampment to another. [Dil. ii. 141a; see Ch. 57 § 2.] The Rajput soldiers complained that their race would not be able to serve the empire in the next generation, as they had to pass their lifetime in the Deccan campaigns, without getting any respite for going home and rearing up children. One home-sick noble offered the Emperor a bribe of one lakh of Rupees for transferring him to Delhi! [M. U. i. 457.]