[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) › [Tārīkh-i Firishta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta) › [History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs) › 324.2 # Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 324.2 History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 324.2 - **Language:** English ### [324.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.324.2) they are neither cemented by mortar nor connected with leaden bars: many of the stones are from forty to sixty feet in length, and from three to fifteen feet in thickness and in width. Most of these edifices are surrounded by square walls from five to six hundred feet in length, and in many parts nearly one hundred feet in height. The temples are situated within these squares, and generally erected upon a stone terrace supported by massive solid columns, each of a single stone: the apartments within are small, being in general only about twelve feet square, and on the walls are sculptures of human figures, some representing mirth, others grief. In the middle of one of the temples is a throne cut out from the solid rock, on which is a minaret with a dome. The temples in Kashmeer are, on the whole, so magnificent, that I find myself unequal to give an adequate idea of them; and I imagine there are no such buildings of the kind in the known world. Near to Kashmeer is a district called Tirmat, wherein, at the foot of a hill, are some hot springs; which, though dry all the year round besides, gush out from the rock boiling hot when the sun enters the sign Taurus; and during that period two or three mills are kept in motion by the rapidity of the stream; but after a certain time this phenomenon ceases, and the spring dries up. - [Previous: 324.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.324.1) - [Next: 324.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.324.3) - [Up: 324](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.324) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.324.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.tarikh-i-firishta~en-briggs.324.2) · Pramāṇa