Kipling's India . ramcars of present-day civilization, youfind the ruins of ancient palaces and Hindu templesbuilt before the Christian era; and splendid specimensof Saracenic architecture dating from the time of Akbarand of Jehangir. The most important of these is thepalace-fort of Akbar, now used as a barracks for theBritish Army, and known in Kiplings stories as FortAmara. Some of the apartments in the old palace arebeautiful specimens of the favourite Saracenic decoration,pietra dura work in white marble. In On the CityWall {In Black and White), Kipling writes: —No man knows the precise ex
Kipling's India . ramcars of present-day civilization, youfind the ruins of ancient palaces and Hindu templesbuilt before the Christian era; and splendid specimensof Saracenic architecture dating from the time of Akbarand of Jehangir. The most important of these is thepalace-fort of Akbar, now used as a barracks for theBritish Army, and known in Kiplings stories as FortAmara. Some of the apartments in the old palace arebeautiful specimens of the favourite Saracenic decoration,pietra dura work in white marble. In On the CityWall {In Black and White), Kipling writes: —No man knows the precise extent of Fort Amara. Threekings built it hundreds of years ago, and they say that there aremiles of underground rooms beneath its walls. It is peopled withmany ghosts, a detachment of Garrison Artillery, and a Companyof Infantry. In its prime it held ten thousand men and filled itsditches with corpses. Another splendid building of Saracenic architecture isthe white marble tomb of Anarkali, a beautiful slave [132].
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