Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c15.s1.26

c15.s1.26

However great might be the reputation of Bābar's *Memoirs* for accuracy of statement, it certainly fails in this respect, when it says that *Hindustan had no college in it*. The passage runs thus: "The people of Hindustan have no good horses, no good flesh, no grapes or musk-melons, no good fruits, no ice or cold water, no good food or bread in their bāzārs, no baths or colleges, no candles, no torches, not a candle-stick." The statement will, of course, be taken for what it is worth.³