192 SUMMER GARDENS OF KASHMIR 



The garden, which had fallen into decay, was 

 re-enclosed on a smaller scale by Gulab Singh, 

 the grandfather of the present Maharaja of 

 Kashmir. Opening out of the south wall there 

 is a large harem building, with a Mughal hummum 

 and a swimming tank for the ladies in the centre 

 of the square. 



The actual pavilion through which the 

 spring bursts out is broken down, and all that 

 remains is an arched recess, a ruined portal 

 set against the side of the cliff. One would 

 give much to see in what manner the great rush 

 of water was first confined and utilised. On 

 either side of the reservoir into which it falls is 

 a stone-edged chabutra shaded by big chenars. 

 There are several Kashmiri pavilions built on 

 the Mughal stone foundations ; delightful little 

 structures with their cream plaster walls and rich 

 brown cedar woodwork, their airy latticed win- 

 dows and their carved flower-bell corbels. They 

 are neither as elaborate nor so fine as the older 

 work of the same class scattered up and down 

 the country; but they are beautiful and useful 

 none the less, and represent a national living art, 

 which the builders of the Srinagar villas and the 

 pine huts of Gulmarg might with advantage 



