[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Kashmir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir) › [Tārīkh-i Rashīdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi) › [The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross) › 222.2 # The Rashīdī History 222.2 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 222.2 - **Language:** English ### [222.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.2) The inside and the outside of the halls have the appearance of two porticos, and these are covered with one or two stones. The capitals, the ornamentation in relief, the cornices, the "dog tooth" work, the inside covering and the outside, are all crowded with pictures and paintings, which I am incapable of describing. Some represent laughing and weeping figures, which astound the beholder. In the middle is a lofty throne of hewn stone, and over that, a dome made entirely of stone, which I cannot describe. In the rest of the world there is not to be seen, or heard of, one building like this. How wonderful that there should \[here\] be a hundred and fifty of them! Again, to the east of Kashmir there is a district called Bamág \[Vimág\]. Here there is a hill on the top of which is a ditch \[hauz\] like a tank, and at the bottom of the tank is a hole. It remains dry throughout the year, except during the season of Taurus, when water issues from it. Two or three times a day it gushes out \[with such force\] that the tank is filled, and enough water flows down the side of the hill to drive one or even two mills. After this it subsides, so that no water remains except in the hole. When the season of Taurus is passed, it again becomes dry for a whole year. Though endeavours have been made to stop it up with lime and mortar, yet when the season has come, all this has been washed away, and it has never been found possible to stop its flow. - [Previous: 222.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.1) - [Next: 222.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.3) - [Up: 222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.222.2) · Pramāṇa