The Memoirs of Bābur 934.1.5

934.1.5

Kachwa[2189] is a shut-in place, having lowish hills all round it. A dam has been thrown across between hills on the south-east of it, and thus a large lake made, perhaps 5 or 6 _kurohs_ (10-12 m.) round. This lake encloses Kachwa on three sides; on the north-west a space of ground is kept dry;[2190] here, therefore is its Gate. On the lake are a great many very small boats, able to hold 3 or 4 persons; in these the inhabitants go out on the lake, if they have to flee. There are two other lakes before Kachwa is [Sidenote: Fol. 333.] reached, smaller than its own and, like that, made by throwing a dam across between hills. (_Jan. 18th_) We waited a day in Kachwa in order to appoint active overseers and a mass of spadesmen to level the road and cut jungle down, so that the carts and mortar[2191] might pass along it easily. Between Kachwa and Chandīrī the country is jungly. (_Jan. 19th-Rabī` II. 26th_) After leaving Kachwa we halted one night, passed the Burhānpūr-water (Bhurānpūr)[2192] and dismounted within 3 _kurohs_ (6 m.) of Chandīrī. (_i. Chandīrī and its capture._) The citadel of Chandīrī stands on a hill; below it are the town (_shahr_) and outer-fort (_tāsh-qūrghān_), and below these is the level road along which carts pass.[2193] When we left Burhānpūr (_Jan. 10th_) we marched for a _kuroh_ below Chandīrī for the convenience of the carts.[2194]