THE SHALIMAR BAGH 163 



and at the entrance to the canal blocks of 

 masonry indicate the site of an old gateway. 

 There are fragments also of the stone embank- 

 ment which formerly lined the watercourse. 



The Shalimar was a royal garden, and as it 

 is fortunately kept up by His Highness the 

 Maharaja of Kashmir, it still shows the charming 

 old plan of a Mughal Imperial summer residence. 

 The present enclosure is five hundred and ninety 

 yards long by about two hundred and sixty- 

 seven yards broad, divided, as was usual in royal 

 pleasure-grounds, into three separate parts : the 

 outer garden, the central or Emperor's garden, 

 and last and most beautiful of the three, the 

 garden for the special use of the Empress and her 

 ladies. 



The outer or public garden, starting with the 

 grand canal leading from the lake, terminates at 

 the first large pavilion, the Diwan-i-'Am. The 

 small black marble throne still stands over the 

 waterfall in the centre of the canal which flows 

 through the building into the tank below. From 

 time to time this garden was thrown open to 

 the people so that they might see the Emperor 

 enthroned in his Hall of Public Audience. 



The second garden is slightly broader, con- 



