Part III. Travels into the IN Id IE S. 
and th^other of the Town ofBenarom^ which is alfo upon the Ganges. No- fagod of 5.7- 
thing can be more magnificent than thefe Pagods, by reafon of the quan- *'^->'0'^- 
tity of Gold and many Jewels, wherewith they are aaorned. Feftivals are 
kept there for many days together , and mimons of People repair thither 
from the other Countreys of the they carry their Idols in triumph, 
and ad all forts of Superftitions -, they arc entertained by the Bramens , who 
are numerous there , and who therein find their Profit. 
The Great drinks commonly of the Water of the Ganges , becaufe '^^<^ Great mo- 
it is much lighter than other Waters \ and yet I have met with thofe who ^^{l^^l^^H^ °£ 
affirm that it caufes Fluxes -, and that the Europeans (who are forced to drink ihlcalges!" 
it ) boil it firfi:. This River having received an infinite number of Brooks 
and Rivers from the North, Eaft and Weft, difcharges it felfby feveral 
mouths into the Gulf oîBengala^ at the height of three and twenty degrees , The Gulf of 
or thereabouts -, and that Gulf reaches from the eighth degree of Latitude to ^engaU. 
the two and twentieth, it being eight hundred Leagues over. On the fides 
thereof to the Eaft and Weft , there are many Towns belonging to feveral "^^^ °^ 
Sovereigns , who permit the Traffick of other Nations , becaufe of the pro- ^^eJ^aU °^ 
fit they get thereby. 
My Indian reckons the yearlv Revenue of the Mogul in this Province, to The Moguls 
amount to Ten millions -, but 1 learnt from other hands , that it hardly f^evenue from 
makes Nine, though it he far richer than other Provinces that yield him ^"'S'*^^- 
more: The reafon given for that, is, that it lies in the extremity of his 
Empire , and is Inhabited by a capricious fort of People,who muft be gently 
ufed, becaufe of the Neighbourhood of Kings that are enemies, who might 
debauch them if they were vexed. The Mogul fends the Traitors thither , Traiforst 
whom he hath condemned to perpetual Imprifonment ; and the Caftle 
where they are kept, is ftridtly guarded. 
CHAP. XLI. 
Of the Province of Malva. 
MJha is to the Weft of Bengala 3.nd Halabof -, therein are comprehended The Province 
the Countries of Rajà-Ranas , Gualear and Chitor. The Town of °^ ''^^^^■^a- 
Mando is one of the faireft Ornaments of the Province: The Mahometans g^w""''^' 
took it from the Indians^ above Four hundred years before the Moguls came /w».Towns. 
there ^ and when they attacked it , it was in the polTcffion of Cba-Selim , cha-sèum , 
King of Dehlj. The nrft of the Moguls that took it,v/as King Humayon^ who '^'"g of Dehly. 
loft it again -, but he afterwards made himfelf Mafter of it. This Town is 
of a moderate bignefs , and hath feveral Gates, which are efteemedfor their 
ftrudure and height : Moft of the Houfes are of Stone -, and it hath lovely 
Mofques,whereof the chief is much beautified^ a Palace that is not far from 
that Mofque, (and which depends upon it) ferves as a Maufoleum to four 
Kings,who are interred in {t,and have each of them a Monument-, and clofe 
by,there is a Building in form of aTower,with Portico's and feveral Pillars. 
Though this Town lying at the foot of a Hill, be naturally ftrong by its 
Situation , it is neverthelcfs fortified with Walls and Towers, and has a Ca- The CafHe of 
ftle on the top of the Hill, \vhich is fteep , and cncompaflTed with Walls Mando. 
fix or fcvcn Leagues in circuit. It is a very neat Town at prefent, but no- 
thing to what it hath been heretofore : It appears by the Ruins all about,that The Ruins o£ 
it hath been much greater than it is, that it hath had two fair Temples, and M.mdo,(\ic\M 
many ftatcly Palaces -, and the fixtcen large Tan^uies or Refervatories,which f^^^ ''^ 
are to be fcen ftill for keeping of Water, fliew(that in former times) it hath ^^^^^ '^agmn- 
becn a place of great confcquence. 
This Province is very fertile , and produces all that grows in the other 
' places 
