. 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 . iF2. been removed. Several members of Humayuns family lie entombed within thechambers at the angles, having sarcophagi, beautifully carved in white marble, on theupper floor: the whole design is simple, chaste, and of noble proportions. The mausoleum originally stood in the centre of a large garden surrounded by a bat-tlemented wall—cloister
. 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 . iF2. been removed. Several members of Humayuns family lie entombed within thechambers at the angles, having sarcophagi, beautifully carved in white marble, on theupper floor: the whole design is simple, chaste, and of noble proportions. The mausoleum originally stood in the centre of a large garden surrounded by a bat-tlemented wall—cloistered on the inside, flanked by towers, and entered by four gateways;but this garden, with its stately groves, its terraces and fountains, has long beenneglected, and is now a wilderness. By the aid of the only spring of water that is notdried up, some poor families, who live in the outbuildings of the tomb, cultivate a littlegrain for their subsistence; but sand has encroached upon the pastures; and from theterrace of the mausoleum, the view is over desolated plains covered with ruins, andbounded by a range of hills equally bleak and barren. The building itself appears on theleft of the plate, with all that is entire of its surrounding walls; the foregr
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