Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s30.3
Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s30.3
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v2.c27.s30.3
*Elephants versus Turki horses.*—Ahmad Shah said that elephants were admirable means of baggage transport ; but a mount, the control of which is not in the hands of the rider and which can carry him whither it wills, should not be resorted to ; while a litter (*pālki*) is only suitable for a sick man. [Samin, tr. in *Ind. Antiq.*, 1907, p. 60.]