[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) › c8.18 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.18 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c8.18 - **Language:** English ### [c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.18) ³ It may be observed in this connection that though Raverty agrees with this observation and suggests the adoption of Hindu months in official use (\*vide\* foot-note, p.748), this inference can hardly be drawn from his reading of the text. Raverty has read ‘\*Asarh\*’ (the Hindu month) into the text of the \*Tabaqat-i-Nasiri\* in one place. The B.M. MS. of the \*Tabaqat\* (Add. 26, 189) gives the text بہار without any notation (f. 203) which the learned translator has read as ‘\*Ahar\*’ and connects it with the Hindu month, drawing his conclusion from it. The text may, with greater relevancy, be read as \*Bahar\* and the phrase \*Waqt-i-Bahar\* (spring time) rather than \*Waqt-i-Asarh\* which will be an obvious misconstruction. - [Previous: c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.17) - [Next: c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.19) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṭabaqāt-i Nāṣirī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri) — Minhāj al-Dīn Jūzjānī --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c8.18) · Pramāṇa