A Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the North-West, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from A Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the North-West, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Sinde, Afghanishtan, Beloochistan, the Punjab, and the Neighbouring StatesMason. 1. 412. Engulf the structure itself.8 The Maharajah gave it as a resi dence to a French officer of the name of Amise, who caused it to be cleared out and put in repair, but died shortly afterwards. His fate was considered by the Mahometans as retributive of his impiety in desecrating the sacred pile, which has since been closed up. Another of these huge ornamental tombs is styled that of Anarkalli, a youth, according to tradition, a favourite of one of the emperors, who, instigated by jealousy, having seen him smile at a lady of the imperial zenana, caused him to be put to death, by being built up in a brick cell, and this splendid mausoleum to be raised over him Unfortunately, the tone of Mahometan morals is not such as to render the story incredible.Barnes. Three miles north-east of Lahore is the garden of Shah J ehan, 9 the Shalimar, or House of Joy. It is about half a mile long, * with three successive terraces, rising one above the other, and con tains four hundred and fifty fountains, which throw up water.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.