The Memoirs of Bābur 935.2.3

935.2.3

We rode from the flower-garden to visit the idol-houses of Gūālīār. Some are two, and some are three storeys high, each storey rather low, in the ancient fashion. On their stone plinths (_izāra_) are sculptured images. Some idol-houses, College-fashion, have a portico, large high cupolas[2291] and _madrāsa_-like cells, each topped by a slender stone cupola.[2292] In the lower cells are idols carved in the rock. [Sidenote: Fol. 343b.] After enjoying the sight of these buildings (_`imāratlār_) we left the fort by the south Gate,[2293] made an excursion to the south, and went (north) to the Chār-bāgh Raḥim-dād had made over-against the Hātī-pūl.[2294] He had prepared a feast of cooked-meat (_āsh_) for us and, after setting excellent food before us, made offering of a mass of goods and coin worth 4 _laks._ From his Chār-bāgh I rode to my own. (_j. Excursion to a waterfall._)