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F. S. Growse —Notes on the Fateh'pur District. 
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awnings for tents and a variety of small articles for native use are what 
they have hitherto been in the habit of making ; but they have now 
made me some curtains, which are very handsome and effective, and 
would certainly command a large sale in the European market. 
In 1801, when this part of the Doab was included in British terri¬ 
tory, ISTawab Zain-ul-abu-d-din’s eldest son, Bakir ’Ali Khan, was retained 
as farmer of the district under the new administration. He added a new 
quarter to the town Fatehpur, called after his name Bakir-ganj, and here 
stands his tomb built about 1815 A. D. with a mosque and other accesso¬ 
ries. It is a group of no great architectural merit: but being surround¬ 
ed by a small flower-garden and occupying a conspicuous position at 
the junction of four main thoroughfares, it forms the only picturesque 
feature in a singularly mean and unattractive town. 
Since then, no Muhammadan has been in a position to spend any 
money upon building. Buka great number of Hindu temples have arisen, 
some of which are interesting specimens of modern native architecture, 
especially two situated in the outskirts of the town of Khajuha. One 
of these has a quasi-Muhammadan dome, the other a high spire with 
clustering spirelets in the old Hindu fashion, and the facade of each 
is reflected in the water of a large and well-filled masonry tank. Both 
were built about fifty years ago by rich local traders. 
To any one like myself coming from such a thoroughly Muham- 
madanized district as Bulandshahr, the multitude of Hindu temples 
all over this part of the country is a very striking 'novelty in the 
landscape. For the most part they are small brick buildings with 
plaster arcading to ornament the walls, and are surmounted by domes 
more frequently than orthodox Hindu spires. There is considerable 
monotony in the design ; but seen through the foliage of the mango 
and mahua groves with which the district abounds, they are graceful 
and picturesque objects, and one or more of them is visible from almost 
every single point of view in the neighbourhood of a village or along 
a main thoroughfare. Frequently the shrine is built in connection with 
a large masonry tank, a great boon to the wayfarer in such a thirsty 
land. The two temples above-mentioned are on a larger scale than 
usual, but are typical as regards treatment. In both the general effect 
is pleasing, and in the domed example the elaborate painted decoration 
is somewhat exceptionally artistic. In bhe other temple the details of 
the spire are clumsy, but considerable taste has been shown in the 
general grouping. 
Fatehpur is invariably described—even in its own Gazetteer—as a 
district that contains nothing of the slightest archceological or artistic 
value. My notes, brief and incomplete as they are, suffice to show that 
