[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 297.7 # The Book of Akbar 297.7 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 297.7 - **Language:** English ### [297.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.297.7) Another of the inventions of this time was that four large barges were set in the river Jamuna (Jumna) and that the master-carpenters constructed on each of them a cārtāq (a square house) of two storeys and of very elegant shape. The barges were so joined together that the car taqs faced one another. Between every two of these four barges another tāq (platform) was made and thus there appeared an octagonal reservoir between the barges. Another of his excellent inventions was his arrangement of shops and the putting up of a bazar on boats. This increased the amazement of the rare of intellect. In the year 939, 1532-33, when His Majesty went from Flruzabad-i-Dihli Delhi) to Agra, the capital, by way of the river, and was accompanied by most of the Amirs and pillars of the State and all the ikcldn and officers, a bazar of this kind was made and carried down the Jamuna. Everyone could get what he wanted in that bazar. In like manner the royal gardeners made, in accordance with orders, a garden on the river. Another of his inventions was a movable bridge. - [Previous: 297.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.297.6) - [Next: 297.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.297.8) - [Up: 297](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.297) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.297.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.297.7) · Pramāṇa