“Hindustan is a country which has few pleasures to recommend it…. Indians have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together, or of familiar intercourse…. They have no horses, no good grapes, or musk melons, no good fruits, no ice or cold water, no good food or bread in their bazaars, no bath or colleges, no candles, no torches, not a candle stick”

— Babur

First Mughal emperor Babur wrote in his autobiography Tuzk-e-Babri

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1st Mughal Emperor 1483–1530

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