. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . l light threw up its force to thevery topm6st point, and illuminated every block of the spotlessmarble. The charm lasted quite long enough. It called one into newsensations. We walked out ofthe Taj, down the steps, throughthe garden, and under the great gateway. Soon we were outof reach of the perfumes and splendor of the worlds greatestbuilding and mans richest tribute to a womans love and memory. AORA AND THE TAJ MAHAL. 633 While the great Taj eclipses all other buildings in Agra, andindeed in all India, there are other structures in
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . l light threw up its force to thevery topm6st point, and illuminated every block of the spotlessmarble. The charm lasted quite long enough. It called one into newsensations. We walked out ofthe Taj, down the steps, throughthe garden, and under the great gateway. Soon we were outof reach of the perfumes and splendor of the worlds greatestbuilding and mans richest tribute to a womans love and memory. AORA AND THE TAJ MAHAL. 633 While the great Taj eclipses all other buildings in Agra, andindeed in all India, there are other structures in that city whichare marvels of architectural finish and magnitude. Along thehanks of the .lainna there stretches the great fort, whose highand massive wall encloses the Mogul palaces and the Pearl , in calm ami safe retreat, is the palace of the emperor Ja-hangir, in red sandstone. Its great corridors, its magnificentoctagonal towers, its pillared halls with stone roof, its wonder-ful marble baths, its vaulted chambers, its monolithic cisterns. THE PEARL MOSQtTE. of light porphyry, its quiet marble nooks, and its pavilions foroutlook over the stretches of the Jamna valley, make it one ofthe most magnificent monuments of Mogul splendor. The Saman Burj, the palace of the empress, is concealed be-hind rich lattice-work in finest marble. Bere is the Grape Gar-den, a square of two hundred and eighty feet, where the ladiesof the court lived in all the luxuries known to the Mogul courtin the days of its greatest splendor. Near by is the pavilionwhere Shah Jahan, a prisoner to his son. could look out. a mile 634 INDIKA. to the eastward, and see the Taj, his tribute of affection to hisbeautiful empress. The Diwan i Khass, or Audience Hall, nearby, is of richest carving, where flowers in red carnelian andother precious stones are inlaid in finest marble. The Pearl Mosque, though not the largest, is perhaps the mostbeautiful in India. It is lined entirely with marble, veined wi
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