[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 5.1.5 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.1.5 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.1.5 - **Language:** English ### [5.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.1.5) The fortifications, however, are very incomplete, as there are neither ditches nor any other kind of additional defence, if we except flanking towers of antique shape, at intervals of about one hundred paces, and a bank of earth forming a platform behind the walls, four or five feet in thickness. Although these works encompass not only the city but the citadel, yet their extent is less than is generally supposed. I have accomplished the circuit with ease in the space of three hours, and notwithstanding I rode on horseback, I do not think my progress exceeded a league per hour. In this computation I do not however include the suburbs, which are considerable, comprising a long chain of buildings on the side of Lahor, the extensive remains of the old city, and three or four smaller suburbs. By these additions the extent of the city is so much increased that a straight line may be traced in it of more than a league and a half; and though I cannot undertake to define exactly the circumference, because these suburbs are interspersed with extensive gardens and open spaces, yet you must see that it is very great. - [Previous: 5.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.1.4) - [Next: 5.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.1.6) - [Up: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.1.5) · Pramāṇa