Babur gave a description of India as well in his biography. He wrote of the climate, the people, and their economic and social editions and about the kings and political events in India. About India he wrote that Hindustan was a country of few charms, where people have no good looks or manners. Describing the political condition of India he wrote that the capital of India is Delhi and also described something about the kingdoms of Malwa, Gujarat, Bahamani kingdom, Mewar and Vijayanagara. The description of Hindustan by Babur is neither complete nor entirely correct. He made no mention of the states of Orissa, Khandesh, Sindh and Kashmir in his Memoirs. Besides, as he got very little time to access the Indian conditions and remained busy mostly in conducting wars, his description cannot be regarded accurate as well. If Babur would have got more time and would have got the opportunity to come in contact with the cultured people of India, probably, he would have revised his opinion about the Indian people. Besides, Babur viewed Indian people from the eyes of a conqueror. If he would have remained alive till the political condition of India would have stabilised, his opinion would have been certainly different. |