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G A N G E T I C H I N D O S T A N. 



Pagodas of 



BlNDRABANJ). 



ACRA> 



came a penfionei' to his avenger, and is, I believe, living to this 

 day. 



In the way to Agra, on the weft lide of the Jumna, are the 

 beautifiil and fingular Pagodas of Bindraba77d, They are of 

 the fame form as thofc at Jagrenaut, but the oiitfide moft ele- 

 gantly fculptured ; certain carved ribs go equidiftant from top 

 to bottom, and between them the furface is divided into fmalt 

 fquares prettily filled with rofettes. There are two of theft; 

 buildings given in the fame plate^ the thirteenth by the match^- 

 lefe pencil of Mr. DanielL 



Matura, the old Mehtrab, Ayeen, ii. 47, and the Myrthe taken 

 by Tamerlane^ is at a fmall diftance from thefe Pagodas ; proba^ 

 bly they belonged to it, as Abulfazel fays it hatl many idolatrous 

 temples to which the Hindoos refort. The piety of the peoi^k 

 of Myrthe might incenfe tlie favage zeal of 'Tamerlatu againft 

 them,, for his hiflorian, ii. p. 71, fays, that in taking the place 

 he caufed all the male inhabitants to be flayed alive. 



Y'ROM Ds/bi to Agra is a hundred and feventeen miles. Tra- 

 vellers fpeak in the higheft: terms of the magnificence of this 

 city, which was firft made the imperial refidence by Sulla?t 

 Secunder, about the year (fays Ferijbta, ii. 68). 1488, who em^ 

 belliftied it in the moft fplendid manner. Before that time he- 

 lived at Bianay a magnificent city, which foon after fell into 

 decay on the rife of Agra. The magnificent ruins, vv'ith vaft 

 vaults or caverns, were to be feen in the days of the author of 

 the Ayeen, ii. p. 46. It was famed for its fine fugar, its Indigo, 

 and Henna, or dye, with which the ladies of India color the 

 palms of their hands and Coles of their feet. The empei-or 



Akhar 



