"By looting, the temples of the South and hunting out buried treasures, Mir Jumla amassed a vast fortune. The huge Hin…"

"19 Dec., 1661. Mir Jumla entered the city of Kuch Bihar,, which had been evacuated by its king and people, and "appoi…"

"Mir Jumla made his way into Kuch Bihar by an obscure and neglected highway' In six days the Mughal army reached the c…"

"In 1661 Aurangzeb in his zeal to uphold the law of Islam sent orders to his Viceroy of Bihar, Daud Khan, to conquer P…"

"No artisan can be expected to give his mind to his calling in the midst of a people who are either wretchedly poor, o…"

"…grandees pay for a work of art considerably under its value, and according to their own caprice. … When an Omrah or …"

"Most towns in Hindustan are made up of earth, mud, and other wretched material; that there is no city or town (that) …"

"As the ground is seldom tilled otherwise than by compulsion… the whole country is badly cultivated, and a great part …"

"[The Mughals maintained] “a large army for the purpose of keeping people in subjection… No adequate idea can be conve…"

"The above remarks about conservatism could be made with equal or even greater force about the Mogul Empire. Despite t…"