House and Garden 
THE TERRACES OK THE NISHAT BAGH 
ion, descends about ten 
feet into the main reser¬ 
voir which is the princi¬ 
pal feature of the gardens. 
These marble or stone 
water-shoots were inge¬ 
niously carved in various 
patterns cut at an angle 
so that the water running 
over them was thrown up 
into ripples and splashes, 
suggesting the pleasant 
gurgling of a mountain 
stream. 
Our diagram shows one 
of these in Babar’s garden, 
the Ram Bagh, at Agra. 
The enlarged section of 
the slope at A explains 
the method of carving. 
The Mogul gardeners 
employed every device 
to mitigate the intense 
dry summer heat of 
Northern India and to 
recall the memories of 
their mountain homes in 
Central Asia. 
The illustrations on 
pages 268 and 273 show 
the central reservoir with 
its one hundred and 
forty-four water jets and 
the marble platform in 
the center. The marble 
work of the reservoirs 
and water-channels is 
part of the original Mo¬ 
gul design. The pavil¬ 
ions are nearly all inferior 
modern restorations in 
brick and plaster, the 
Sikhs in the eighteenth 
century having despoiled 
the gardens of most of 
the splendid marble and 
agate work to ornament 
the Ram Bagh at Am¬ 
ritsar. 
Some idea of the ele¬ 
gance of Shah Jahan’s 
garden pavilions can be 
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FIG. 2.—PLAN OF SHAH JAHAN’s GARDEN 
