[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t Tawarikh of 'Abdu-l Kadir Badauni (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot) › 15 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 15: Building of Palaces. Muntakhabu-t Tawáríkh of 'Abdu-l Kádir Badáúní (extracts) 15 - **Language:** English ### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.15) \[Text, vol. ii. p. 173.\] In 981 fine spacious palaces were built on the road to Ajmír. His Majesty's devotion induced him every year to go on a pilgrimage to that city. So directions were given for building a palace at every stage between Agra and Ajmír, and for erecting a pillar and sinking a well at every kos. Some hundreds of thousands of stags' horns, which had been killed in the course of His Majesty's life, were placed upon the pillars as a memorial for the world. Would that, instead of these, gardens or saráís had been formed! - [Previous: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.14) - [Next: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.15) · Pramāṇa