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finished the new city: it is situated on the western 

 bank of the Jumna, and surrounded on three sides by 

 a wall of red stone. I suppose the circumference of 

 the whole to be about a mile. The two stone figures, 

 mentioned by Bernier, at the entrance of the pa- 

 lace, which represented the Rajah oi Chit ore and his 

 brother Pott ah, seated on two elephants of stone, 

 are not now to be seen ; they were removed by order 

 of AuRuxGZEBE,as favouring too much of idolatry; 

 and he enclosed the place where they stood with a 

 skreen of red stone, which has disfigured the en-. 

 trance of the palace. The first object that attracts 

 the attention after entering the palace, is the Dewaun 

 Aum, or public hall of audience, for all descriptions 

 of people. It is situated at the upper end of a spa- 

 cious square, and is a noble building, but at present 

 much in decay. On each side of the Dewaun Aum, 

 and all round this square, are apartments of two sto- 

 ries high, the walls and front of which, in the times 

 of the splendor of the empire, were adorned with a 

 profusion of the richest tapestry, velvets, and silks; 

 the nobles vying with each other in rendering them 

 the most magnificent, especially on festivals, and days 

 of public rejoicings, when they presented a grand 

 sight. These decorations have however been long 

 since laid aside, and nothing but the bare walls re- 

 mained. From the Dewaun A urn, we proceeded thro' 

 another handsome gateway to the Dewaun Khass, be- 

 fore mentioned. The building is situated at the up- 

 per end of a spacious square, and elevated upon a 

 marble terrace, about four feet high. The Dewaun" 



Khass 



