1 516 PRB8ENT STATEL '
2 distinct irorn its own. if iloas not watch over thoir welfare with that
3 soficitudr ^vl\ich one would expect from a King towards his own na-
4 tion. The provinces are fronerally p;overned with tolerable mildness
5 and equity, in some cases troni the weakness, and in others from the
6 wisdom of the government. The eastern provinces suffer most from
7 the rapacity of the government and its agents ; seldom from jua^
8 lousy or wanton insolence. Cashmeer alone suffers every sort of
9 tyranny.
10 Tlie A%haun govemmeat has tittle inlfoniurtioii about iieighlxN»>
11 ii^ atates. Thou^ ita attentkn waa long d&netod lo Iiidi% and
12 tlMigli'ita maccbanta ftoqucntly Tiail that oouatiy, die grcalcat
13 i^oraiioe of ita atate atiU- anbriata. Ths miniatcva know that tlia
14 MogDi empire haa dedined, bot have a very impeiftct knowledge of
15 tifee numeroua rtatea that have been erected on its ndna. They are
16 mther better acqiiamted with Peraia and Taitaiy» but even thaie
17 Cheytniat to the reports of merchants and trairdlcn. They have
18 no newa-wliten (aa in India). £mbaaaiea aie race^ and nanrer peiw
19 mancnt.
20 Twelve years of civil war have, in a great degree, altered the
21 gnvernment even from what is described above. The King is
22 n<ns more than ever dependent on tho Dooriuinee lords, and is,
23 in c< >iis( (juence, deprived of ail choice in the appointment of his
24 ministers, and nearly of all control over them in the exerdse oi thdr
25 powers.
26 The armies of the state being engaged in wars among themselv^
27 many of the tribra and provinces have become rebellious dr refrao>
28 ttf^f and mtaxy of ihe aoitfeea of revenue aie, therefore, cut off Of
29 what cooid etiU be realised, great part haa bem given .in Taooeli
30 to the principal indbilily j whit lemaina^ ia aimoafe eatirclj wmgnmed
31 by the emibtedlemeBta -Of goyqmora tfnd nriniatan* wlikh the Eji^^
32 can no longer correct* leat hia atrictneaa ahouU daprlve'fahn'of hia
33 \adherenta.
34 ■ As -the King cannot compel the tribes to aeod the coathigapta of
35 Pigitized by Google