fhould bear his own name, built a great city adjoining the old
one of Dehli, and named it Jehanabad; but the name, like
the empire, is now nearly loft. To people his new cityr he
is- faid to havé tranfportcd thither, one half of the people of
Agra, to the amount of upwards of five hundred thoüfand.
The ruins that immediately enfued in Agra, rendered it necef-
lary to eredt, for. the fecurity of the people, ..another wall,
forming a part of a circle within the old one ; and this wall
was built by Joy Singh, a Hindoo Raja in the ftrvicé of the
emperor Aurungzebe.
T he whole fpace between theft two wallsTis orie mafs of
ruins, j The inner wall is but in indifferent repair, and within
it is eafy.to difcern that it is chiefly compofcd from the ruined
buildings, except, indeed, towards the Dehli gate of the fort,
where is- the great Musjiid or Mofque, built of réd ftone, but
greatly gone to decay. Adjacent to this ipot is the Choke,' or
Exchange, which is now a mere ruin ; and even the fdrt itfelf,
from its having frequently changed its. maffers, in the courfe
of the laft feventy years, is going rapidly to defolation. It
was taken by Colonel Polier, when that gentleman was in the
fcrvice of the Nabob Zoolfeccar ul Dowlah, better known by
the name of Nedjif Khawn. In the eaftem front of the fort
was the imperial refidence, built of white marble, covered on
the top with plates of copper gilt, which to this day retain
their full luftre, and at no great diftance there is a Mofque,
built of the lame beautiful materials, with copper ornaments
and gilt; ' It was impoflible to contemplate the ruins of this
grand and venerable city, without-feeling the deepeft impref-
fions of melancholy. I am,- indeed, well informed, that the
ruins',extend, along'the banks of the rivet, not lefs than fourteen
Eriglilh miles. •
T he palace of Dara Sheko, built by that prince, includes
an extent of. ground nqt lefs than the fquare of Lincoln’s-inn
fftMs. It is dangerous even to- walk among theft ruins; for
14, every ftep.unlefs great care is taken, the paflenger is liable
to fink through holes into the covered vaults, which are now
the habitation of dangerous reptiles. .. The ftreets in this city
are very narrow, and evidently .not laid out on any well di-
jeO-ed plan. I went once to a Hummaum, or bath, which
had formerly belonged to the palace of one of the great men
o f the court, as. was plain from the expences that had been
laid out 0& it; being..lined with the fineft coloured marbles,
with'many pieces of lapis, lazuli introduced amongft the ornaments,
which, were very beautiful, • in the Moorifh fiyle,
compofed ofmofaic and flowers; the imitations- of the latter,
I muft add; were remarkably good. ’ .
A * the diftance of three cofs, or a little more, from Agra,
on the great high road leading to Dehli, at a place called Se-
cundrii, ftands the tomb of the emperor Acbar. This enormous
building is feated in a garden, regularly planted both
with foreft and fruit-trees, and many flowering lhrubs, walled