io6 Travels in India. Part IT 



TRAVELS 



INDIA. 



The Second .Book. 



Containing an Hiftorieal and Political Defcription 

 of the Empire of the Great Mogul. 



CHAP. L 



A Relation of the la ft Wars of Indoiftân ; whkh gives an infigbt 

 into the prefent Eft ate of the Empire and Court oj the Moguls. 



|| Have written this Hiftory in fuch manner, as I knew things to be trans- 

 H acted, during my ftay in the Country ; leaving it to the Reader to make his 

 H own reflétions as he pleafès j it being fufficient for me to make a faith- 

 JÊL. ful defcription of the Potent Empire of the Moguls > 9 according to the 

 Obfervations I have taken upon the place. 



This great and vaft Empire., which contains the greateft part of Indolftan, 

 and which extends from the Mountains on this fide the River Indus, to the 

 Mountains on the other fide of Ganges ; borders Eaftward upon the Kingdoms 

 of Aracan, Tipra 3 and A fia. Toward the Weft upon Perfia, and the Vsbeg Tartars. 

 Southward upon the Kingdoms of Golconda and Vifaponr. Northward it runs 

 up as far as the Mountain Caucafm. North-Eaftward the Kingdom of Bantam % 

 whence comes our Musk., parts it. North-Weftward it borders upon the Coun- 

 try of Chegathay, or the Vsbegs. 



They are call'd Moguls, that is, white of complexion ; for the laft Conque- 

 rors of the Indies were Whites ; the Natives being all Brown, or Olive-colour. 



Aureng-z.eb 3 the prefent Emperor , is the eleventh in a direct line, of the 

 Defendants from the great Temur-Leng, commonly call'd Tamerlane ; the ex- 

 tent and renown of whofe Conquefts, from China to Poland, has exceeded all 

 the actions of the greateft Captains of the former Ages. His SuccefTors corn- 

 pleated the Conqueft of all India between the two Rivers, with the deftruftion 

 of feveral Kings. So that Aureng-z.eb has at this time under his Dominion, 

 the Territories of Gouz.erat 3 Decan-Dsbly, Mult an , Labor t Kajhemire^ BengaU, 

 and many other Territories ; not to mention feveral Rajis, or petty Kings, who 

 pay him Tribute,, and are his Vaflals. The Succeflion of the Kings of India is 

 as follows : * 



i. Ta mtir-Leng, that is to fay, the Lame, becaufe one of his Legs was fhorter 

 than the other, lyes buried at Samarcband, in the Country of Chegathay 3 or the 

 Vsbeg Tartars, being the place of his Nativity. 



2. Mir am- 



