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between Karnal and Thanesar. As the first appearance of the formid- 

 able Grhoris before Lahore corresponds so nearly with the accession of 

 Prithivi Raja, I think it very probable that the fortification of the 

 city of Dilli was forced upon the Raja by a well-grounded apprehen- 

 sion that Dilli itself might soon be attacked ; and so it happened, for 

 within two years after the battle of Tilaori, the Raja was a prisoner, 

 and Dilli was in the possession of the Musalmans. 



87. The circuit of Rai Pithora's Fort is 4 miles and 3 furlongs, or 

 just three times as much as that of Ldlkot. But the defences of the 

 city are in every way inferior to those of the citadel. The walls are 

 one half the height, and the towers are placed at much longer intervals. 

 The wall of the city is carried from the north bastion of Lalkot, called 

 JFateh JBurj, to the north-east for three quarters of a mile, where it 

 turns to the south-east for If miles to the Damdama Burj. From 

 this bastion the direction of the wall for about I mile is south-west 

 and then north-west for a short distance to the south end of the hill 

 on which Azim Khan's tomb is situated. Beyond this point the wall 

 can be traced for some distance to the south along the ridge which was 

 most probably connected with the south-east corner of Lalkot,, some- 

 where in the neighbourhood of Sir T. Metcalfe's house. 



88. The Fort of Rai Pithora is said to have had 9 gates besides the 

 Grhazni gate. Four of these gates can still be traced ; the 1st is on 

 the west side, and is covered by an out-work ; the 2nd is on the north 

 side, towards Indrpat ; the 3rd is on the east side, towards Tughlakabad ; 

 and the 4th is on the south-east side. But besides these there must 

 have been other gates somewhere on the south side, one of which could 

 not have been far from Sir T. Metcalfe's house. Such was the Hindu 

 city of Dilli when it was captured by the Musalmans in January 1193. 

 The circuit of its walls was nearly 4f miles, and it covered a space of 

 ground equal to one-half of the modern Shahjahanabad, the Capital of 

 the Mogul Sovereigns of India. It possessed 27 Hindu temples, of 

 which several hundreds of richly carved pillars remain to attest both 

 the taste and the wealth of the last Hindu Rulers of Dilli. 



Muhammad an Remains. 

 89. The first Musalman Sovereigns of Delhi are said to have 

 remained content with the fortress of Rai Pithora, although it seems 

 highly probable that they must have added to the defences of the west 



