. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. was called sultan. Hiscapital was Seringapatam, a mean-looking town, situated on an islandformed by the river Cavery, which is there a broad and rapid stream. Theisland is about three miles in length, rocky and barren, and was probablychosen by Hyder for his chief residence, on account of its insular advan-tages, and the ease with which it might be fortified. The famous fort ofSri Ranga was built by Tippoo, and contained his chief palace, a largeedifice, enclosed by a high wall. His apart
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. was called sultan. Hiscapital was Seringapatam, a mean-looking town, situated on an islandformed by the river Cavery, which is there a broad and rapid stream. Theisland is about three miles in length, rocky and barren, and was probablychosen by Hyder for his chief residence, on account of its insular advan-tages, and the ease with which it might be fortified. The famous fort ofSri Ranga was built by Tippoo, and contained his chief palace, a largeedifice, enclosed by a high wall. His apartments were on one side of a largesquare, from which a private passage, stricdy guarded, led to the zenana,or part of the palace appropriated to the ladies, who were carefully concealedfrom all eyes, save those of their royal master. Many of these were thedaughters of Bramins and native princes, who had been made captives ininfancy, and brought up in the Mohammedan religion, ignorant of their pa-rentage, and of the world beyond the walls which surrounded them. The 496 INDIA, HISTORICAL AND sultan had two other palaces, with fine gardens, on the island. One of themwas situated at the extremity, opposite to Sri Ranga, and was an extremely elegant building, near whichstood the mausoleum of his fa-ther. In the old palace of Seringa-patam, resided the family of thelate raja of Mysore, who hadbeen deposed by Hyder prince had left no children,but had adopted as his son ayoung relative, who had beenbrought up under the care of hiswidow, both being strictly con-fined to the palace, which wassuffered to fall into a very ruin-ous condition. Tippoo was soThe Zenana. anxious to destroy every ves- tige of the old government, that he pulled down the palace and temples ofMysore, the ancient capital, and removed the stones to a neighboring height,where he commenced building a fortress, which was never finished. Oneof the great faults of this prince seems to have been the i
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