[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) › 5.10.4 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.10.4 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.10.4 - **Language:** English ### [5.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.10.4) This pavilion is an oblong square, and built of a stone resembling red marble, but not so hard. The front seems to me longer, and much more grand in its construction, than that of S. Louis, in the rue S. Antoine, and it is equally lofty. The columns, the architraves and the cornices are, indeed, not formed according to the proportion of the five orders of architecture so strictly observed in French edifices. The building I am speaking of is of a different and peculiar kind; but not without something pleasing in its whimsical structure; and in my opinion it well deserves a place in our books of architecture. It consists almost wholly of arches upon arches, and galleries upon galleries, disposed and contrived in an hundred different ways. Nevertheless the edifice has a magnificent appearance, and is conceived and executed effectually. Nothing offends the eye; on the contrary, it is delighted with every part, and never tired with looking. The last time I visited Tage Mehale mausoleum I was in the company of a French merchant, who, as well as myself, thought that this extraordinary fabric could not be sufficiently admired. I did not venture to express my opinion, fearing that my taste might have become corrupted by my long residence in the Indies; and as my companion was come recently from France, it was quite a relief to my mind to hear him say that he had seen nothing in Europe so bold and majestic. - [Previous: 5.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.10.3) - [Next: 5.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.10.5) - [Up: 5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.10.4) · Pramāṇa