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Statistics of the 



[No. 37, 



Mustafa, the Moonshee of Aurtmgzebe, who with his son Tnayat Ali, 

 wrote the Tawarikh namah of Aurungzebe's reign, the total cost of 

 the building was but 6 lacs, and Rupees 68,203-7-0, but this sum 

 appears so small that I cannot but suppose there must be some 

 error. 



There is another handsome tomb to be seen upon 



Tomb of Islam . _ T . , ., _ T . 



Khan. the fcrarsool road, erected to the memory ot Islam 



Khan, but its tanks and fountains are all in ruins, 

 and large trees are throwing up their gnarled and destructive roots, ' 

 amongst the masonry of the walls, so that ere long it will soon be 

 destroyed altogether. 



Armenian tombs Amongst the crowd of memorials to the unknown 

 dead, a group of remarkable tombs are seen off the 

 road between the Puttun gate and the Cavalry lines ; these are the 

 graves of Armenians, and are about 50 in number : some of the 

 inscriptions are surmounted by a cross Flory, whilst others have 

 what is termed a Jerusalem cross ; on one or two were two 

 Rosettes which indicated that the individuals had made the pilgri- 

 mage to Jerusalem. In Aurungzebe's time these people constituted 

 a wealthy and considerable class of the community ; there are none 

 now remaining. 



In Begumpoora is to be seen the old European burial 

 E pk?e. an bmial ground containing about twenty tombs, all in good 

 preservation. 



Education is of the commonest description and confined solely to 

 the acquirement of such knowledge as shall render the person able 

 to transact ordinary business. The Persian language is taught in 

 Muktul Khana, which are all private, and generally held in the 

 houses of the richer Mahomedans, where one meanjee or teacher, 

 instructs a small class. The Mahratta puntojee instructs his pu- 

 pils in sals, or public schools, where Guzeratte is taught as well as 

 Mahratta; the Puntojee is obliged to rest satisfied with a very tri- 

 fling recompense, averaging about 4 annas monthly from each pupil ; 

 reading, writing, and arithmetic only are taught at sals, just sufficient 

 to prepare the person for the office or shop, where he obtains all 

 necessary knowledge that may further be required. The meanjee's 

 attainments, being of a higher description, receive a corresponding 



