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Cotta Sind, which runs along the west side of the town, and is by 

 far the fullest river we have seen since leaving the Nerbudda. The 

 eastern bank for a mile from the town is extremely beautiful. Its 

 lofty slopes are in reality hanging gardens, planted with cucum- 

 bers, melons, and a variety of vegetables. 



Sarungpoor is surrounded by remains of Mogul mausoleums, 

 for the most part well designed, and elegantly executed; on the 

 south-east side is a kubberstan, or burying-ground, with five large 

 tombs still entire, and many in a state of dilapidation. Verses of 

 the Koran are legible on their porticos. Some appear to be under 

 a peculiar care, the chamber under the dome clean swept, and 

 the tombs strewed with flowers ; particularly a very handsome 

 one, erected to the memory of Baz Bahauder Patshah, king of 

 Malwa, who was killed near Sarungpoor, during the wars of Akber. 

 In the centre of the town is a noble musjid, with a grand and lofty 

 entrance, surrounded by a large court, with arcades, in ruins; this 

 mosque is turned into a government hay-loft and granary for 

 horses. Near it is the ruined gate leading to the hummums, and 

 many other splendid remains, which fill the mind with melancholy 

 reflections on the downfall of the Moguls, and Avith them all the 

 arts and sciences they once cherished, without the smallest pros- 

 pect of a revival under the wretched government of the Mah- 

 rattas, who now, under different chieftains, possess all these pro- 

 vinces. 



Sarungpoor is famous for a manufactory of muslins for turbans, 

 and other cottons, which are cheaper than any we have met with. 

 A jatterah or religious fair is occasionally kept here; at which our 

 fellow traveller, Siad Mahomed, a particular friend of Sir Charles 



