'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎65] (86/448)

"Burial-place of the Mogu
Scander i. e. Alexander, a place where the greateft of Grecian Kings made his
when he made his utmoftprogrefs or march into which place the moft
ma g nifi q ue Prince of TamerUms Race, fekded as the Nobleft Piaceof Burial 'Ks a
Maufolemn of four large fquares, each fide being about three hundred paces; the material
isfree-ftone well polilhed; at each angle is raifed a fmall Tower of checquered marble ■
J, en l° 0 ^ i S ^ er t'wn that is another Tower, on every fide beautified with three Towers •
the third Gallery has two on each fide ; the fourth, one j the fifth hilf anrl ^ f-m'i
fquare Gallery or Tarrafs about, mounting in the whole to aRoyalPyree reVembline noI
a little that famous Sepntomiim Scveri Imper. in ancient Rome you have reprefented in
feuIpture by or (but in far lefs proportion) that famous Tower vvhkhwL"
built \a Babylon dedicated to the memory oifufiter her Husbands great iTceftor
In this at the very top is the mummy of Ecbar, bedded ina Coffin of Gold. Thewhole
ftrufture built in the midlt of a fpacious Garden, is furrounded with a wall of red colour-
ed ftone, and in that a Rail mounted by fixftairs which difcovers a little Garden but ex
quifitely beautiful v fo that of this noble Fabrick 1 may fay,
" Such a Monument, 7P^ OI , i-
The Sun through all the world fees none more gent. Vix videt C }^_^ ot:o aursu s Orbe
An Edifice fo ftately as ennobles thefe parts, and gains admiration from Travellers vea
keeps in laftmg memory the founders greatnefs-, near this is the other, ereled In me
niory of Tage a-Mahal Jemgheefs belt beloved Wife , which monument fome prefer
at srsss 1 . 1 "'' 10,1 lnd - 1 m ^
While thefe vaft: buildings were ereding, Gan profecntes but
(whether of grief or age is doubted) died fuddenlf, leaiing the prSio7tecof w
Sender his Son, who m ftiort time was made away by confpirators: In his place
Bazjtt-cawm fon, a man both effeminate and hated, fucceeded him. So that now occa-
fjon prelcnted itlelf fcafonably for Echar to link Bengala to his Crown Imperial: ade'
thouftnTpnnf ^ with an Army of ^ thoufan d Horfe, two hundred
thoufand Foot, and fix hundred Elephants he advanced againftthe Prince and
pall; over Ganges ere Sha-Dowt had notice of his coming; which when he was afliired
ZM ^ Tm u ^ 66 • B '^ aw ' th tw enty thoufand Horfe to encounter them: 'twixt
L 7 afFr0nted one fother and for three hours fpaceskir-
munt gallantly, but Ecbar over-powering them with his numbers at length has the
maftery, and couragioufly pnrfues them to Pathan, which King had fortified
£cU by no means could provoke them to battel, nor in three months fiege enter the
City, tor Pathan is a Town both great and well fortified •, yet in the fourth he forces it
giving'tasapreyto his men, who ufedall fort of hoftile violence: The unlucky King
was buried in drink, all that time fenfelefs of lofs, till too late to repent it; fo that he
asafvS! "m' and . a i threeda y S end m;,de headl e f s and fent to
ceedSr^ / fub " lll ? on and his vanit y- The King having thus fortunately pro-
neterfh ^i ^ ? Fettifore, where whiles he overfeeshis buildings he is
rnlhfr lnH K "IL t0 lnC i ea ? •^ S Era P ire ' which then was but in the Adolelcency ;
tliat end by the valour and vigilancy of RHflan-cawn and the ftrong Caftle
Khamtfore in Maha was foon after taken from the Radtees, who of manv hundred
years liad owned it. After which, the Caftle or Oreophama of old, in
JZ w astaken by amerryfleight: This Caftle for many Ages acknowledg-
ecl Vaz Radgee her Governour, her building both from Art and Nature being impregna
ble ; tis leatedupona perpendicular hill, theafcentcut oblique out ofthe Rock for
three miles compafs, the reft of the Rock is round about and precipitous- thetopis
a plam ofeightmi'es everyway, the circuit twenty four; healthy and abounding with
A n f, n ^fTf ry \ as l W ? ter ' Corn, Fruits, Wood, and fixteen Villages includ
ed by the Caftle Wall, which gives the defence two-fold wonderfnU ina word, not
any tort or Caftle in Afta (oritmaybeintheUniverfe)is more delightful or of greater
itrength, as thofe that fee it have imagined.
n»v!l is 'u h u loo f s "P? 11 ™ 111 a luftfiil eye, immeafurably thirfting, but knows
neither by bribe nor valour how to compafs iti and though he comprehends no way,
yet Knowing that the Foxes Tail is ufed fometimesto piece the Lyons Skin, ceafes not to
torture his invention •, the enterprize was undertaken by a wife and
flaring Captain: Who having leave, without acquainting Ecbar or any other with his
aeiign, attempts it with four hundred young men privately armed with Cryzes as a guard
K to