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Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t6.16

Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t6.16

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c5.s4.t6.16

¹ Compare Sircar, 317 for the employment of Brahmans as cooks; compare Barbosa, II, 37 for Brahmans employed as couriers. Compare Sircar, 201, how even when they were employed as cooks it was not because of their excellence in cooking but because it was 'fit to be eaten, by the orthodox Hindus.'