Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t2.32

c6.s2.t2.32

Among articles of luxury mention may be made of silks, velvets, and embroidered curtains together with other furnishings and decorations. We have already mentioned how brocade and silk stuffs were partly imported from Alexandria, ‘Iraq’ and China under Sultan Muhammad Tughluq. Similarly, we are informed by a chronicler that the royal stores of Gujarat were always provided with articles of luxury made in European countries.¹ By the time of Humayun these foreign goods were generally popular with the nobility and the royal families of Hindustan.² With the manufacture of guns, gun-powder, and other mechanical weapons, a new stimulus was given to the import trade of Hindustan. Gold, silver, copper, and Tutiya (blue vitriol) were also imported in small quantities.³