Note 2591 — SECTION III. HINDŪSTĀN (continued 4)
Annette Susannah Beveridge translation
De Courteille, pierrier, which may be a balista. Bābur’s writings give no indication of other than stone-ammunition for any projectile-engine or fire-arm. Cf. R. W. F. Payne-Gallwey’s Projectile-throwing engines of the ancients.