38 ROUTE TO JUBBULPORE. 



powerful of the great Moguls, who died in 1707, also 

 those of several Mahomedan saints, one of the 

 latter's tombs having been converted into a dak bun- 

 galow. From Roza a steep ghaut descends to Dou- 

 lutabad, a famous fortress, consisting of a vast conical 

 shaped rock, scarped all round to a comj)lete perpen- 

 dicular for a height of 120 feet from the base, and 

 only accessible from below by an opening through the 

 solid granite. Thence to Aurungabad, a once im- 

 portant city, now in ruins. Here is the celebrated 

 tomb of Rabia Durani, the daughter of Aurungezebe, 

 built in imitation of the Taj Mahal at Agra. From 

 here the road takes a northerly direction, and passes 

 through the towns of Phulmari and Selhod, down the 

 ghaut to Ferdapur, which is only a few miles from 

 Ajanta ; thence, after a visit to the caves, to the 

 Pachora station, on the Great Indian Peninsular 

 Railway. This bit of information may be of interest 

 to intending visitors. 



The distance between Naudgaum and Jubbulpore, 

 440 miles, we accomplished in twenty hours, luxurious 

 travelling after my late tonga experience. We passed 

 through some fine scenery, crossed the Nerbudda and 

 over a dense jungle, where only a few days ago a 

 gentleman had been very badly mawled by a tiger, and 

 was said to be dying from his wounds. At last we 



