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fpe6l to the fort, it was the firft of a vaft chain of fortreffes, that 

 extended nearly in a line from 'Lahore to Chunar. Giir on the 

 Ganges, all of which were raifed by Akbar, and muft have fe- 

 cured the empire from the confines of Perfia to the borders 

 of Bengal*. 



Within the fort were ereiled by Akbar two buildings of 

 inimitable elegance, a proof of the perfection of architedture, 

 under the patronage of that great emperor. The Chalees Satoon, 'rHE Chalees 



o i Satoon. 



or the fort'9 pillars, is raifed upon arches with pointed tops 

 above the Jumna. Thefe arches fupport a pavilion, octangular 

 in its form, fupported by a periftyle of plain fquare columns 

 and fculptured capitals ; above is a fliort roof, and over that is 

 another periftyle like the former, with a parapetted gallery and 

 walk on the exterior, with a roof over the pillars fimilar to the 

 lower. Between two of the arches are lattice-work doors with 

 open work ; above is a roof, a cupola, and dome. This elegant 

 llruvSture feemed defigned for the retreat of the emperor in the 

 burning feafon, to attraCl every breeze that arofe on the fine 

 current which waflies its bafe. Mr. Daniell has given this in 

 his Vlth plate. Small cazerns, lodgements of guards or domeflics, 

 furround them at fome diftance. 



In the large flagged area in the Amnabad part of the fort. Rich Pavilion* 

 flands a pavilion of unparalleled elegance, the other fpeci- 

 men of the tafte of Akbar. It flands on a fmall elevation of 

 ftone, M'ith a bend running round the top ; it rifes from that 

 on another, which forms the floor of the building, which is a 



* Hgdgei's Travels, p. 99. 



D d 2 fquare 



