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under the city diverged towards Rajmahal, and the city which for 66 
(1049 — 983) years had ceased to be a capital, now became altogether 
jungle and has remained deserted up till now. ' 
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“ Where there were rose gardens and dwellings, now I see a wilder¬ 
ness and leopards, apes, and foxes.” 
Alas for the ancient city of Graur, which was so great a city of 
India, and had lofty ramparts and had an area, it is said, of fourteen 
kos, and had many great buildings, and was a seat of sovereignty, and 
the residence of powerful kings. But the revolutions of fate are for 
our warning. In the course of one year, 1 it fell from its state of popu¬ 
lousness and all this rose-like land is now the abode of monkeys and 
tigers. Only a few buildings which were of stone and exceptionally 
strong still exist, while the others which were of brick and plaster have 
fallen down. Their materials too, have been used for the construction 
of Maldah, English Bazar, Murshidabad, &c. The following is the list 
of the buildings, of which traces still exist. 
The Qadam Rasul. 
This is a square one-domed building in the enclosure of the Fort. 
Its length from east to west is 24 cubits, and its breadth is the same. 
The Bhagirathl flows to the west of it at a distance of thirty rassies 
(about 1,500 yards). This building was erected by Sultan Nasrat Shah, 
the son of Sultan Husain Shah in 937 (1530). There is a Tughra 
inscription in three lines over the doorway. 2 
Inside the mosque, 3 under the dome there is a footprint of the holy 
apostle (may blessings be upon him), on a piece of stone. They say 
that this stone was formerly at Pandua in the Cillakhana of Shah 
Jalalu-d-din Tabriz!, and that it was removed by Husain Shah. The 
stone must have been brought from Arabia by the saint, or by some 
other holy personage. There is an inscribed stone on the south 4 side 
of the enclosing wall of the mosque, which must have been brought 
4 Alluding to the pestilence of 1575, but the city was partially occupied again 
after that. 
8 The author gives the inscription, but it appears in Ravenshaw, p. 20, and in 
Cunningham. 
3 When I was at Gaur, I found that the stone had been stolen. 
4 Cunningham corrects Ravenshaw’s “ northern.” He supposes, Archaeological 
Report, XY, 61, that the inscription formerly belonged to the Tantipara mosque. 
I regret that in my paper on Francklin, J. A, S. B., Yol. LXIIT, p. 89 this has 
been printed CantTpara. 
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