Mughal Administration c11.13

c11.13

Curiously enough, there arose a class of servile people called the darshaniyas, who formed themselves into a sect of the Emperor’s worshippers, like the guilds of *Augustales* in the Roman empire. These men did not begin their day’s work nor eat their breakfast until they had gazed at the auspicious face of the Emperor in the morning, just as devout Hindus at Gaya and Jagannath-Puri act in respect of the local idols.