The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-16
w%oNptRrul CITIES.
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Those who found IL dinfcu,; 20 be-
lie we In the possibility Of such deserted
! city a. ,ha; described by Mr. Rider
Haggard in she" may. II on. may
| Judge 'rorn 4 London Tsnes letter. pru-
pare themsc,ve, for greater wonders
In the architectural line. even II he
should conhne himself 20 simple de-
.crip;ion o. a~c:cali,ies when he taxes
Holly and his friend ~ Asia Say- tho
letter:
On. 0. The strangesf things In inaia
IL tn. multitude Of deserted capitals.
There are three old D-lhi-. three .uc.
ce-sive capitals Of tn. Eas,. all clos.
10 each other. all south 81 the prc>en,
city. One .. the three i Tug,uckabad.
a n~sArrelou. city on = hill. roohc>, and
absolutely deserted. but solid and
gigantic. The SECOND j, Fcrozeoad.
including the for. q. Indrapui. with .
handful Of inhabitants. The third Il
the old Delhi OF kutub. who ~ss born
q Turkish slave and died Emperor Of
lu1Af- lis LssllS kEi ~ kAV
ku,uh Minsr. the finest, tower in the
world. -pringing aioit like = living Or
gani-m. and ia the oldc,; mosque in
! India. III. kgtub Mosque.
Their i a Daui,abad on the Mans
dominion, with a fort atop of . conical
hill o: BLACK granite, a~rtihclally
.carp.d. The .or, il five hundred feet
aboyethe plain: the city lie, b-low. with
European Notifications and dry moat,:
but almost the whole of the city i, n
jungle. tall enough 10 hide q herd o!
elephants. There w.. ate the best
grare- ~. found in India. rip-n.i nat
urally in February. square sided. black.
delicious. Thithcr il Was that Tug
luck. the builder of tina, ,o~u;hernrnos'
Delhi. that still bears his name. Il ragged
the whole inhabitants Of Delhi eight
hundred miles of. Twice. says
Hunter t.The Indian Empire" 2sS).
..he allowed the miserable ,upplican,,
TO return Z Delhi: twice he compelled
them on pain Of death 10 quit IL" Il
was Tugluch who called the city Daul-
;abad. instead Of Deogiri. He was a
scholar and soldier. and a very early.
II un-cientitic. biInetalis'. Having
drained hi, treasury. he issued a forced
currency. by which he tried TO make
the king- bras, equal Ia other men /.
silver. Foreign merchant. refused the
Kings brass TOKENS. trad. came 10
"A stand. and the King had IN take pay
mcnt of his taxes in his own dcpre-
ciatcd coiUage.'
1h"r. l. Golconia. ones the capital
OF IN. Dcccan. rarely entered by tho
Traveller now. Ii i, surrounded by n
wall about four miles in circumference.
The fortress i, grit by Il wall of about
one mile. The citadel has an inner
most wall. and On the very highest
plateau Of rock rest, the king palace.
II il a deserted city. except the small
garrison. with solid masonry OF hewn
fifty feet r,,ns around the zcnana. with
one breach on the southeast side.
A~urunCZah-'s soldiers made tn.
breach. September. 1867. Hyderabad
is half visibl. amid its trees the Char
Minar and Mecca Mu,jid conspicuous
above all. One side i, the Mir Alan
lake. on the other the Ausan Sugar. n
dozen small artificial lakes; antelope.
below you. nibbling grass where busy
streets ran two centuries ago. Grand
tombs Ii. amid orderly gardens outside
the city. and granite hills bound tho
horizon