586 WONDERS op AllT. 
each is anaexed a cisten 
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n of about three cubic fee j ^ 
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hewn in tlie rock, for the preservation of 
Some of these excavations are larger and better , li‘ 
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f 
than others; and a few, although inferior in size 
coration, in their general effect resemble the P 
The whole appearance of this excavated 
dicates it to have had a city hewn in its^i'ocky sides> 
of containing many tliousand inhabitants. 
temple was, doubtless, their principal place of 
and the snraller, on the same plan, inferior ones. 
were appropriated as dwellings for the inhabitants, ^# 
in size and accommodation according to their ’’ 
pupils, when India was the nurseiy of art and ^ 
the nalions of Europe were involved in ignorance, 
barism. 
ranks in society ; or, as is still more probable, tbe^^p tl.*, 
tions were the abode of religious brahmins, ano ® 
MAUSOJLBUM OF HYDER ALLY. 
This splendid monument of oriental 
grandeur 
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at the western extremity of the great garden 
m' 
tain., a city of Hindostan, and capital 
ritory. It is surrounded by a grove of beautnu-^ jb® '( 
trees, .and was erected by Tipiioo Saib in honour ^ b^. 
ceased sovereign, his faflier. Beneath *^r>mbs 
marble, elevated about eighteen inches from V 
eighteen inches from 
lie the remains of Hyder Ally, his consort, and J 
They are covered with rich cloths, and have can 
them. The whole of this sumptuous edifice 
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with its dome, supported by brilliantly-poli.sher* .gn,* 
It 1CJ Ixxr n TYvnrrTU'fi<''Ptlt ** . ti, 
ble columns. It is surrounded by a magnificent 
which the fakirs have cells allotted to them ; s# pi* 
vated phuforra are the tombs of several fain’ ..hi 
The mosque annexed to it is flanked by two 
Moulahs stationed there are, through the lih®''^ 
British government, still allowed two ihous-and 1 
annum to read the Koran ; and three pagodas ^ 
tnouted/n charity at the maufioleum. 
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