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raised above the paths and still further edged 

 with a stone border about a foot high, so that 

 almost half of the charm of its reflection is 

 lost. The style, however, is still pleasing, and 

 is well suited to the climate ; but, on the other 

 hand, it has become rather a cold, dull formality, 

 different from the variety and adaptability of 

 the earlier designs. 



The few Mughal baghs which survive in 

 British India are invariably those built, or 

 chosen, as the last resting-place of some prince 

 or noble ; respect for a tomb seems to have been 

 the only protection for its garden. Lacking this 

 safeguard, gardens like the once glorious Shalimar 

 Bagh at Delhi are now completely ruined. 



This last famous royal pleasance — mentioned 

 by many old travellers, but hardly even known 

 to the present inhabitants of the city — was built 

 in imitation of the Kashmir royal gardens and 

 the Shalimar Bagh at Lahore, by one of Shah 

 Jahan's wives, A'azzu-n-Nissa, known as Bibi 

 Akbarabadi, after whom the place was named 

 Azzabad. A contemporary historian, Muham- 

 mad Salih, gives the following account of the 

 gardens in the Shah - Jahan Nama : " This 

 favourite bagh with its lofty buildings was made 



