Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s1.50

c12.s1.50

These works of Maḥmūd Gāwān stand out as a brilliant example of what a single individual with his own unaided resources could achieve. He was imbued with a spirit of such great self-sacrifice as is rarely met with in a man. His income was very large, “equalling that of many kings,” but his beneficence was so great that after his death only a small sum was left in his treasury. He lived the life of an ascetic, sleeping on a bare mat and using earthen utensils, thus combining plain living with high thinking.