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trance through a pointed portal in front. On the fides are a row 

 of windows with trellis work in ftone : above is a row of falfe 

 windows. The maufoleum rifes out of this ; it is fquare, de- 

 licately carved, and has on each fide a lofty arched entrance, a 

 cupola at each corner, and a large dome, elevated out of an 

 o61:agon, rifing out of the fquare. 



Sultan Purvez was as remarkable for the gentlehefs of his 

 manners as Chufero was for his ferocity, and all manner of bad 

 qualities. He often headed his father's armies, but with ill 

 fuccefs. In 1624 he was entrufted with the forces fent againft 

 his rebellious brother, Sbab Jehan, and was fortunate enough 

 to give him a total defeat. Purvez farvived his vidory only 

 two years, dying of an apoplexy in 1626 *. The firft of thefe 

 funebrial marks of refpe(ft is in Mr. DanielPs XVIIth plate, the 

 other in his XXIId. 



The exterior of this fort is given by Mr. Hodges, vol. i. 

 tab. XX. of his views. It appears finely feated on a cliff above 

 the river, with an extenfive view of the water. The towers 

 which projedt from the walls are round, and above the walls 

 arife the mofque and other buildings in the interior. 



Dodlor RobertfoHi p. 196. fuppofes Allahabad to have been 

 the fite of the antient Palibotbra. He draws his arguments 

 from its being on the conflux of the Ganges and another great 

 river, according to the report of Strabo, p. 1028. ; and Arrian''% 

 rerutnlnd. i. p. 512. Mv. Renncl places near \\. Patna, upon- 

 the avithority of the meafurements of Pliny, which leldom 

 deceive, 



* Dow's Feriflita, iij. p. i02. 



That 



