A History of Agriculture in India v2.c67.s5.7

v2.c67.s5.7

As a picture of the life of an Eastern sovereign in court and camp, the book stands unrivalled among Oriental autobiographies. ‘It is almost the only specimen of real history in Asia. . . In Babur, the figures, dresses, habits, and tastes, of each individual introduced are described with such minuteness and reality that we seem to live among them, and to know their persons as well as we do their characters. His descriptions of the countries visited, their scenery, climate, productions, and works of art are more full and accurate than will, perhaps, be found in equal space in any modern traveller.’