[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) › 5.4.3 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.4.3 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.4.3 - **Language:** English ### [5.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.4.3) After passing into the citadel through this gate, there is seen a long and spacious street, divided in the midst by a canal of running water. The street has a long divan, or raised way, on both sides, in the manner of the Pont-neuf, five or six feet high and four broad. Bordering the divan are closed arcades, which run up the whole way in the form of gates. It is upon this long divan that all the collectors of market-dues and other petty officers exercise their functions without being incommoded by the horses and people that pass in the street below. The Mansebdars or inferior Omrahs mount guard on this raised way during the night. The water of the canal runs into the Seraglio, divides and intersects every part, and then falls into the ditches of the fortification. This water is brought from the river Gemna by means of a canal opened at a distance of five or six leagues above Dehli, and cut with great labour through fields and rocky ground. The other principal gate of the fortress also conducts to a long and tolerably wide street, which has a divan on both sides bordered by shops instead of arcades. Properly speaking, this street is a bazar, rendered very convenient in the summer and the rainy season by the long and high arched roof with which it is covered. Air and light are admitted by several large round apertures in the roof. - [Previous: 5.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.4.2) - [Next: 5.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.4.4) - [Up: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.4.3) · Pramāṇa