. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . I SI) IA IS HISTORY. 57 The most enduring effect of the Mogul rule is to be found mthe architectural monuments still existing in the northern halfof India, and to souk. extent in the Nizams dominions in thesouth. The Taj Mahal, built by Shah Jahan, at , on thehanks of the Janma, is not only the most Bplendid mausoleumin existence, but the most beautiful structure in the world. ThePearl Mosque, by the same emperor, is a house of worship, inwhite marble, which is not surpassed in the beauty of its proportions and the skill of its wo
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . I SI) IA IS HISTORY. 57 The most enduring effect of the Mogul rule is to be found mthe architectural monuments still existing in the northern halfof India, and to souk. extent in the Nizams dominions in thesouth. The Taj Mahal, built by Shah Jahan, at , on thehanks of the Janma, is not only the most Bplendid mausoleumin existence, but the most beautiful structure in the world. ThePearl Mosque, by the same emperor, is a house of worship, inwhite marble, which is not surpassed in the beauty of its proportions and the skill of its workmanship by any religious edi-fice known to architecture. The Great Mosque of Delhi is awonder in stone, distinguished for the boldness of its plan, thesplendor of its material, and the vastness of its Palace of Delhi, with its Peacock Throne and far-reaching. - -? HINDI <; courts, its baths and fountains, its surrounding buildings in marble and other fine stone, is still the wonder of India. No onecan be said to have seen India unless he has entered the majesticportal of that palace and lingered amid its blaze of Orientalglory in marble softened by arabesques of precious stones. Beyond the magnificent architectural remains, the permanenteffects of the Mogul rule are few. No appreciable impressionwas made; on the scientific status of tin? people. There does notseem to have been an increase of taste for popular schools do not appear to have been organized. Learningwas regarded rather as the ornament of the court than a benef-icent means for the elevation and development of the great bodv of the people never saw in these Mohammedan 4—2 58 INDIKA. rulers, their armies, or their courtiers qualities sufficiently ad-mirable to make them prefer to renounce their faith and adoptthat of their co
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