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Babur's trump card was
the discipline of his troops
and his Turkish artillery.
but were met with explosions
of canons and mortar.
They panicked, spun, and stampeded.
The whole army fell into disarray.
Just a few hours after it began,
The Indians, including their leader,
were massacred as they ran.
Babur had just pulled off
an astonishing military feat.
Finally, Hindustan was his.
With Hindustan in his grasp,
one of the first things Babur did was
to send Hindustani dancing girls
to entertain his wives
It was a gracious gesture.
His wives, covered and restrained,
their faces painted stiffly white
must have been astonished.
Out of meetings like this, of the
stark world of central Asian Islam
with the lush anarchy of India, would
arise the glories of the Mughal style.
his new possession,
even he well versed in plunder
was stunned.
The astonishing treasuries
of Hindustan
contained the Kohinoor diamond.
Its name, he learned meant
"mountain of light."
He was told it was worth enough
to feed the entire world
for two and half days.
Offered it as a gift,
Babur refused and left it
with his son Humayun.
Suddenly he was less interested in
the riches
than in how to govern
this strange new land.
But as he surveyed Hindustan, his
enthusiasm for it started to melt away.
There is no beauty in its people,
no graceful social intercourse,
no poetic talent or understanding,
no etiquette, nobility or manliness.
The arts and crafts have no harmony
or symmetry.
There is no ice, cold water,
good food or bread in the markets.
The peasantry and common people
Hindustan is a place of little charm.
But Babur was determined
something worthy of his dynasty.
He would introduce Mughal order
and symmetry
into what seemed to him
He made the princes of Hindustan,
the Rajputs,
submit to him and laid foundations
for the future empire.
a successful conqueror.
To fulfill his dreams for his heirs,
he had to become a wise ruler as well.
A sacrifice to god was necessary.
In an extravagant public ceremony,
Babur swore off drink.
He had his drinking vessels crushed
and distributed the gold and silver
to the poor.
At the age of 43, Babur had achieved
his dream of empire.
continued work on his autobiography
the first ever written
in the Moslem world.
I have simply set down what happened.
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