Francois Berneir mentions which among the following in his 'Travels in the Mugal Empire'?

A. Agriculture and Craft Production
B. Female Slaves
C. Karkhanas
D. Postal System
E. Child Sati

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, C, E only

The correct answer is Option 3 - A, C, E only

Francois Berneir mentions the following in his 'Travels in the Mugal Empire':

A. Agriculture and Craft Production
C. Karkhanas
E. Child Sati

A. Agriculture and Craft Production:

An excerpt from Bernier’s description of both agriculture and craft production: It is important to observe, that of this vast tract of country, a large portion is extremely fertile; the large kingdom of Bengale (Bengal), for instance, surpassing Egypt itself, not only in the production of rice, corn, and other necessaries of life, but of innumerable articles of commerce which are not cultivated in Egypt; such as silks, cotton, and indigo...

C. Karkhanas:

Bernier is perhaps the only historian who provides a detailed account of the working of the imperial karkhanas or workshops.

E. Child Sati

Bernier chose the practice of sati for detailed description. He noted that while some women seemed to embrace death cheerfully, others were forced to die. This is perhaps one of the most poignant descriptions by Bernier (about Child Sati): At Lahore, I saw a most beautiful young widow sacrificed, who could not, I think, have been more than twelve years of age. The poor little creature appeared more dead than alive when she approached the dreadful pit: the agony of her mind cannot be described; she trembled and wept bitterly; but three or four of the Brahmanas, assisted by an old woman who held her under the arm, forced the unwilling victim toward the fatal spot, seated her on the wood, tied her hands and feet, lest she should run away, and in that situation the innocent creature was burnt alive. I found it difficult to repress my feelings and to prevent their bursting forth into clamorous and unavailing rage …

The remaining options:

B. Female Slaves

Ibn Batutta wrote about the female slaves. He mentioned: It is the habit of the emperor ... to keep with every noble, great or small, one of his slaves who spies on the nobles. He also appoints female scavengers who enter the houses unannounced; and to them the slave girls communicate all the information they possess.

D. Postal System

Ibn Batutta has described the Postal system, in such a manner: In India the postal system is of two kinds. The horsepost, called uluq, is run by royal horses stationed at a distance of every four miles. The foot-post has three stations per mile; it is called dawa, that is one-third of a mile ...