Mughal Administration c14.s4.2

c14.s4.2

“The artisans repair every morning to their respective workshops, where they remain employed the whole day ; and in the evening return to their homes......The embroiderer brings up his son as an embroiderer, the son of a goldsmith becomes a goldsmith, and a physician of the city educates his son for a physician. No one marries but in his own trade or profession ; and this custom is observed almost as rigidly by the Muhammadans as by the Hindus.” (Bernier, 259.)