Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s3.t1.31

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c7.s3.t1.31

⁴ Compare Huart, 146, for Persian tradition. ‘(Hunting) was done in great walled parks, formerly called ‘Paradises’ in which lions, boars and bears were preserved. Theophanes tells us that the soldiers of the Roman Emperor Heraclius found, in the gardens abandoned by Chosroes II, ostriches, gazelles, wild asses, peacocks, pheasants, and even lions and tigers’.

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