A History of Agriculture in India v2.c71.s7.1

v2.c71.s7.1

Shaikh Nuru-l Hakk states, ‘Sher Khan made the road which now runs from Delhi to Agra, by cutting through jungles, removing obstacles, and building *sarais*. Before that time, people had to travel through the Doab between those two places. There was so much security in travelling during his reign that if a lone woman were to sleep in a desert with silver and gold about her person, no one would dare to commit theft upon her; and if it ever did so happen that any one lost any property, the *mukaddams* of the village which was the scene of the robbery were subject to fine, and for fear of its infliction, the *zamindars* used to patrol the roads at night.⁴