Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: eted in 1568, and is said to havecost ;f 300,000. Formerly there wereshops on either side, but these weredestroyed during the flood of 1774.At a market-place at the S. end of thebridge is a stone lion somewhatlarger than life, which was found inthe fort. Under it is a youngelephant, which it is supposed tohave seized. From this all distancesin the city and province were cal-culated. Near the bridge on the left bank is perpendicular height, and commandsa noble view of the country and city.Before reaching it, a round towercalled the magazine will be noticed,with a hatnmam, or bath, on the left.Some 400 yds. to the N. of thebridge and Fort, and not far fromthe Post Office and Toivn Hall, is theN. entrance of the Atala Masjid,^erected on the site of an old Hindutemple dedicated to the goddessAtala Devi, which was destroyed inSultan Ibrahims reign (i 401-1440)and the materials used up for themosque. On the principal Mihrab,built of black marble, immediatelyin the centre of the main W. wall

Text Appearing After Image: West half of Jama Masjid. the Fort of Firoz containing the FortMasjid, almost entirely constructedfrom ruined temples. The entrancegate, 47 ft. high, is covered withkashani hak, a sort of blue and yellowenamelled bricks, of which beautifulportions remain. The inner gate hasmany stones of Hindu temples builtinto the walls, on some of which iscarved a bell. At 200 ft. from thisgale is a low mosque, 130 by 22 ft.,divided into three chambers bylateral walls, with a reservoir infront, and a remarkable Lat, orminar, apparently unaltered since itserection, and beautifully inscribed.The river-face of the Fort is 300 ft.beyond this pillar. It is 150 ft. in of the Masjid proper in which theprayers are said, is a verse fromthe Koran, and above it the creed.The fa9ade is 75 ft. high. Almostin the centre of the large court-yard and to the N.E. of the musallahor praying-ground is a well with a finecitron-leaved Indian fig-tree (Ficusvenosa). At the S.W. corner of thelarge square is a chamber screen

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