Travel Account and the Eighteenth Century
Mirza Firuz Shah
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Subject:
Subclass:
Timured/Mughal
Reign:
Babur II 1881-1920
Subject Year (Time):
1891
Author:
JAYANTA
Volume:
l
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Languages:
English
ISBN 10|13:
-
Royal Mughal Ref:
ARC-1000001-2419
Description
Francois Bernier (1625-1688, M.D. of the Faculty of Montepelliermade an insightful observation in his Travels in Mogul Empire of seventeenth century, “A profound and universal ignorance is the natural consequence of such a state of society as I have endeavoured to describe. Is it possible to establish in Hindoustan academies and colleges properly endowed? Where shall we seek for founders?or, should they be found, where are the scholars? Where are the individuals whose property is sufficient to support their children at college? or, if such individuals exist, who would venture to display so
clear a proof of wealth
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