Travels into the IN DIE S. , Part III 
and clean the Gotten, and when they have no more to do in one Vil- 
lage, they go to another. In this Village of Git hag, there is a pretty 
handfome Garden ■ of the Kings : I walked in it -, it lies along the fide 
of a refervatory, and I faw a great many Monkies and Peacocks therein. 
The dwelling which remains appears to have been handfome, but it is let 
run to ruin ^ and a Royal-houfe, not far off, is in very bad repair alfo. It 
^medahad two IS but two Lcagues and a half from Gitbag to Amedabad. 
Leagues from 
C H A P. V. 
Of Amedabad. 
-yimedah'ad the A Medahad is diftaut from S«rr<?? fourfcore and fix Gofles, which malce 
Câpitai of Gu- jf\_ about fourty three French Leagues. It is not improbable but that 
z^rat. Gapital of Guzerat is the Amaâa'vtjtu oi Arian^ though modern Writers 
fay, That it hath its name from a King called Ahmed oi Amed^ whocaufed 
it to be rebuilt, and that it was called Guzerat as well as the Province, be- 
Guevdahad. fore that King reigned. King Chagehan named it Guerdabad^ the Habitati- 
on of Duft, becaule there is always a great deal there. This Governour 
of the Province has his refidence in it, and he is commonly a Son of the Great 
Mogul-, but at prefcnt a great Omra called Muhabbat-Can is the Governour j 
and the Kings of Guzerat refided there alfo, before King Ecbar feized it. 
The Scituation This Town lies in twenty three Degrees and fome Minutes North-Lati- 
oi' yimedabad. tudc. It IS built iu a lovely Plain, and Watered by a little River called Sa- 
s^brevnstty a bremetty^ not very deep, but which in the time of the Rains prodigioully 
overflows the Plains. There you may fee many large Gardens, enclofed 
with Brick-walls, and which have all a kind of Pavillion at the entry. 
A Refervatory After that I faw a vcry fpacious Refervatory, that hath in the middle a 
ofWat<:r, with Jovcly Garden fourfcore races fquare, into v/hich one enters by a Bridge 
micSc'^" '" ^ four hundred Paces long, and at the end of the Garden there are pretty 
convenient Lodgings. 
Then you fee feveral Houfes here and there, which makes, as it were, 
a great v illage^ and a great many Tombs indifferently well built. This 
might be called an Out Suburbs, becaufe, from thence one enters by a 
Poftern into a Street with Houfes on each fide, which leads ftreight into 
the Town, and is on that fide the true Suburbs of Amedabad. 
The Walls and The Town IS enclofed with^Stone and Brick-walls, which at certain 
Towers oî ^- diftauces are fianked with great round Towers and Battlements all over. It 
ntedabad. hath twclve Gatcs, and about a League and a half in its greateft length, if 
you take in the Suburbs. It is one of the places of Guzerat that is moft 
carefully kept in order, both as to its Walls and Garrifon, becaufe it lies 
molt conveniently for refiffing the incurfions of fome neighbouring Rajof. 
R^jao£B(sdiif. They are afraid particularly of the Inrodes of the Raja of Badur^ who 
is powerful by reafon of the Towns and Caftles which he hath in the 
Mountains, and which are not acceffible but by narrow paflès that can be 
molt eafily defended. King Ecbar ufed all endeavours during the fpace of 
fcven Years to ruin that Raja -, but he could not accomplifh it, and was 
forc.d to make Peace with him. However his People are always making 
Incurfions, and he comes ofFby difowning them. His ufual Refidence is in 
the Province of Candich. 
So foon as I arrived at Amedabad^ I went to lodge in ^ervanferay^ where 
I found the Monument of the Wife of a King of Guztrat : After I had ta- 
* ken a little repoie there, I went to fee the Dutch Fa6tors, for whom I had 
Letters from the Commander of Surrat. They detain'd me, and no ex- 
dd-.d. cufe would ferve, but that I mufl: needs lodge with them -, nay, they were 
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