[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c7.s3.t2.8 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s3.t2.8 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s3.t2.8 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s3.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.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 : - [Previous: c7.s3.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c7.s3.t2.7) - [Next: c7.s3.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c7.s3.t2.9) - [Up: c7.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c7.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c7.s3.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c7.s3.t2.8) · Pramāṇa