. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ives advance towards it withjoined hands and devotional gestures. At such times flowers are strewn on the bore,and the fore-part of the muzzle is anointed with cinnabar and oil; while marks, aswell as odours of burnt perfumes, plainly indicate that a propitiatory offering hasbeen made to the spirit residing in the warlike shrine. For its cal
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . ives advance towards it withjoined hands and devotional gestures. At such times flowers are strewn on the bore,and the fore-part of the muzzle is anointed with cinnabar and oil; while marks, aswell as odours of burnt perfumes, plainly indicate that a propitiatory offering hasbeen made to the spirit residing in the warlike shrine. For its calibre, an iron ballof the weight of 2,646 pounds would be required. A notion is prevalent that vast treasures are concealed among the ruins of this city;and from the habit of the people of the East in hiding their property in times of danger,it is not improbable that such may be the case. THE TOMB OF MAHOMED SHAH—BEJAPOOR. The Burra Gumbooze (Great Dome), as it is called by the natives, which surmounts themassive tomb of the most popular monarch of the Adil Shahee dynasty, forms the principalattraction of a city full of wondrous beauty amidst premature decay. MahomedShah was the last independent sovereign of Bejapoor : he succeeded to the throne H. THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 95 in the sixteenth year of his age, and found a large treasury, a country still flourishing,and a well-appointed army, reported to be 280,000 strong. The taste for architectural splendour and posthumous fame, so remarkably exemplifiedin the tombs of Hindoostan, is displayed to the fullest extent in the mausoleum ofMahomed Shah, which was constructed in the lifetime of the monarch, and under hisown auspices. Though somewhat heavy and cumbrous in its structure, its amazing size,and the symmetry of its proportions, fill the mind with reverential feelings from whatso-ever point it is surveyed : whether near or at a distance, its surpassing magnitude reducesall the surrounding objects to comparative insign
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