Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s3.t2.8

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c7.s3.t2.8

We have a connected record of the numerous banquets and festivities arising out of these royal *Jashns*. There is an almost tiresome repetition of the familiar features, namely ‘the fairy-faced dancers’, the ‘musk-smelling wines’, the drinking cups made of marble, the flower-carpets and other rich decorations, and the abundance of everything. Sometimes royal poets add to the liveliness of the occasion by their laudatory verses :

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