GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN. ^m 



giilarly flat at top; above, at each corner, is a fquare pavilion 



arched on the fide, and covered with a dome ; over the center is 



one of a great fize, riling out of a fquare building, containing the 



remains of the deceafed. A mofque with a flatted roof, with five 



rows of falfe windows above each, and three arched entrances 



with pointed tops, appear on the front. From each fide extends 



a colonnade, with tops refembling thofe of the maiijoleiim. 



About a hundred miles to the fouth-weft of Dynapour, on the Fort of 



banks of the Soa^ie, ftands the impregnable fortrefs of RbotaSy 



defcribed by AbuJfazel, in the Ayeen, ii. p. 32, and FeriJJjta^ ii. 



p. 176, in thefe terms, " It is fituated on a lofty mountain of mofl 



<' difficult accefs ; there is only one entrance, and that through a 



" fleep afcent of two miles to the gates, which are three, one above 



**^the other, 'defended by guns and rolling ftoncs. On one fide 



" is the river Soane, running beneath an immenfe precipice ; 



" another river, under a like precipice, guards another fide, and 



*' unites with the Soane a little below. On the third fide is 



" a deep valley, filled with impervious woods which fpread 



" over the adjacent mountains. It is fourteen cofe in cir- 



" cumference at the bafe. The inclofed land is ten miles in cir- 



" cumference, is cultivated, and contains towns, villages, and 



" corn fields ; within this fpace are many fprings, and water 



** may be procured in any part by digging three or four ells 



" below the furface. There are feveral lakes within the fort." 



In the year 1542 it was in pofTeHion of its own Rajabf but w^as Taken bv- 



Sheer Khak. 

 taken by Sheer Kban, the famous ufurper o^ Babar, by a deep 



but well contrived piece of treachery. He was in a habit of 



friendfhip with the Rajab, and feigning an expedition into 



Bengali prevaled on him to receive his wives and treafures into 



the 



