A History of Agriculture in India v2.c82.s1.3

v2.c82.s1.3

The French traveller, Francois Bernier, a doctor by profession, who lived in Delhi as an employee of a Mughal noble, Danishmand Khan, has left a vivid description of the city. He writes, ‘There are five streets, not so long nor so straight as the two principal ones, but resembling them in every other respect. Of the numberless streets which cross each other, many have arcades; but having been built at different periods by individuals who paid no regard to symmetry, very few are so well built, so wide, or so straight as those I have described.