. 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 . orm, the Sultan Kooli Kootb Shah at length sent a flagof truce to the commandant. Rajah Hari Chandra, promising to withdraw the troops ifhe would consent to become tributary to Golconda; but threatening, in the event ofrefusal, to procure reinforcements, destroy the neighbouring towns, and devastate thecountry, and thus reduce the place by c
. 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 . orm, the Sultan Kooli Kootb Shah at length sent a flagof truce to the commandant. Rajah Hari Chandra, promising to withdraw the troops ifhe would consent to become tributary to Golconda; but threatening, in the event ofrefusal, to procure reinforcements, destroy the neighbouring towns, and devastate thecountry, and thus reduce the place by cutting off its supplies, in which case he would notspare the life even of an iufant in the garrison. The rajah, hopeless of being able toresist the power of the sultan, yielded consent j and the latter, upon being assured of hissubmission, remarked, that as Nulgonda was the only hill fort which had successfullyresisted him, he should like to see it, and therefore desired to be allowed to enter with afew attendants. The request being granted, Kooli instructed his body-guard (whom, todisarm suspicion, he had left in the town below) how to act, and ascended the hill witlifour chosen soldiers completely armed. On entering the gateway, he drew his sword. (^ ee THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 91 and cut down one sentinel; while his companions, attacking the others, held possessionuntil their comrades came rushing up to their assistance; and the whole of his army soonpoured into the fortress. Neither man, woman, or child was spared on this occa-sion; and the rajah, thus taken by surprise, on being made prisoner, was for sometime kept confined in an iron cage, and was eventually put to death by his trea-cherous enemy. In some of the tombs of the royal descendants of this founder of a line of kings, thedome forms the roof of the principal chambers ; but in others, it is separated by a ceilingstretching over the whole quadrangle. According to the usual custom in such buildings,there is a
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