, 1879-02-01
THE LOST CITY OF BENGAL.

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Gnur. this Tsafned ami F"rEottcm captt"l "i
hcnRns-o"ce Contained Two MILLIONS "'
Inhabitants
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which @ M fl,c .,otl rontinent NJ IA fnll.
We Should like TO kno" how many Anglo
Den0nlees know nDything of the marvellous
rIty of whic!, the name stands at the head Of
III. arttcc. f,n,,r tha ,1.lucd t,apltal Of Rem
ga, tne danHa hc2lh VI tto!euys "Hc's
1iinaoo Kings arc believed 10 have reigncd
a,0O0 years ago, where semi-lepeutlent Mussul-
s ~. ',,as.,, r.a',r ,,a ~, ,,fs1 a,u1 s.hsrs
io's N'enata e"at ao ; h,o" a'ea' A'u Hne.e
kat kauA Shah, IN 129l. iounocd sovcfegnty
which. under different dynasttes, one OF them
Auyss,nlan, endured to 1871. These Kings
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ae "...'. 49,. ~ 49,, .s".,a n..,n. s -. ~ =.
e't1cs III t"e "of'a'-aseassF' Us ~, ~
lon or London. Afr. Kayenshnw, a cfril-
ian. WIN took nlotonranla of every
h,,,,;,,r, t,o cou,d rcoch nho,ooranh. nub,t.hcI,
s since h;s death believe. ,he ruin. to cover
space Of from fifteen to twenty miles along tlle
old bed Of tho river, by three mtlcs in depth,
.nore which. altar allowing for tic rich nattye
suase ~. ~" s",.,. ~. ,,,... ,a.1ans 49,,
method oi illc' Win He eadlces earaons anu
necessity for trees, must hare sheltered popu-
latlon of at least two Millions These Kings
must have been amo,,g the richest monarclis Of
,hrir tina % for thcv r,,cl ,he riee.rar,eu Of tc
.ne.' ''o. ~, ,s, ,.an .tsa rta,;. -. t,o
world Eastern beheni, whcfa tico slelds 10 t"e
cuftiratos 100 per cont; theT eonttolled
'n'n,n1on ns nhsRA'e e1r,ch,d 1"' o~n to a o!Ise.
n9tn.niGn on. erceu s,-.r1c I, .on.
nnw w,'cn ,c urjsaa Is proyucu foreSteu cxccpt
r. & u ~ sxta' !saas!-Ss'e & &sivsys Ss;tsstas
.ar;iy r naiuiy an a mcrconary army. oftcs, In re-
snit tor ttr nen.oters c'.,i.! not Iirht lie
ssai..att nna.ants WIN rntcrct Inn nrmr al lie
haogs o. ~ nena n a % ,GF ~ ~. M III tsy
p1 p.uass11 @ sa ~. ,ut,t 1ro"t strr"f.,ros n,cnc
srr,nd .tro,vSt .fr"rts. Ii,,rt viii frcrs. nr
h,,.It snnsr and o,ter e,ni,ankmcnts Of ths kiud
wcro ,sorEs NJ Wat inbnr. md were. on thu ay.
nr.rs mSsu ohont ~ fnrtv S". IN 1ht. beinr from
ia 3, ~ fsn, thI! ~ the h"sc Ths fnrinsr
thsesei,out Tas e masonry, and sxa namsfou;
nu,ags n, n,,t ,bs wn1c ~ ia osnnry
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has now disappeared, and tile embankn,cnts arc
ovcrgrown with a dense jungle, impcnetrable !,
! man, ut,d atTorlng a safe retreat for various
beasts Of trey. Tic eastern enbank1nent was
| double, deep n,oat, nbout 150 yards
Wide, separating the two lines. 4 tnnin
road ran north md south through
Tho city. its course being sttll traecab1e by tic
remnins Of br!dgcs unsi yiaducts. Tho weatcrn
tacu Of tl,e city ID now open. al,d probably a!-
WAYS was 40, having been well protected By the
its wallis. In Inc ccutrc 1t the uurth anil sout,
embnnkponts arc openings, slowing Tint these
fort|acntfnus hntl been pcfforatcd, to afford In
rrras to ntai e1resa from thu CITY, ii Tic north
srn entrance thcre arc NJ remains, but at the
southern sin stands tl,e Kutwall Gate, boau-
tfful ruin, measuring tIfty-ono feet In hight
mntfer tic nrrl,way, Within tho space In
rlosed hy these embankmonts ind tho
riyer stood tho CIy Ut Go,lr prop
or mil In the southwest corner
waa situated tic fort, containing tho I,nlace Of
wh1,h II is teenty In In rcrrrttnd that 40 little
"a tntt E.rIy in tio nresent century there Was
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