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 surrounded by a grove of trees. Between this postern and the road to Tughlukabad stood the Budaon Gate, from which, inwards, ran a street, which was the great bazar, like the Chandni Chouk of modern Delhi. In the plain, before this gate, many an unfortunate captive was trodden to death by elephants, or put to the sword, and piles of skulls were erected here. At this gate also justice was administered. A great reservoir was after- wards made on this side, some two miles long by one mile wide, and this was surrounded by pleasure-gardens ; the water was probably held up by the wall of Jahanpanah, which was made on an earthen embankment. The old wall extended for some distance beyond the Tughlukabad Road, and then turned to the Jamali Masjid, and so back to the site of Adham Khan's tomb ; in this section were the two remaining gates.

Outside the city, to the west, still stand the ruins of an Idgah ; all round this, as is the case on the west of modern Delhi, were numerous graves of the Mahomedan inhabitants, and of those who were slain in the frequent battles and skirmishes on the plains to the north. Within the walls once stood many a palace, which has disappeared. We hear of the Kasr Safed (the White Palace, perhaps of marble), where Jalal- ud-din ascended the throne, the Turquoise and