[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903) › c17.2 # The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c17.2 The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c17.2 - **Language:** English ### [c17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903.c17.2) According to our European notions discipline was extremely lax, if not entirely absent. Bernier, 55, tells us that when once thrown into confusion, it was impossible to restore a Moghul army’s discipline, while during the march they moved without order, with the irregularity of a herd of animals; and Europeans generally held the true cause of their dread of fire-arms, and particularly of artillery, to lie in the inexperience of their leading men, who never understood the advantage of discipline or the use of infantry (Cambridge, “War”, Introduction, viii). - [Previous: c16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903.c16.12) - [Next: c17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903.c17.3) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903.c17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.irvine-1903.c17.2) · Pramāṇa