Storia do Mogor 238.3.3

238.3.3

The inquiring reader will be pleased by my giving him an account of the fortresses the Mogul has in his empire, pointing out some of the principal ones. The first is the fortress of Dihli ; the second, that of Agrah ; the third is Gwaliyar, where are detained the imprisoned princes, it being in the centre of the kingdom ; the fourth is the fortress of Kabul, on the frontier of Persia and of Balkh ; the fifth is the fortress of Daulatabad, in the Dakhin ; the sixth, the fortress of Bijapur ; the seventh, the fortress of Bhagnagar, the principal place in the kingdom of Gulkandah, at a short league's distance from the city ; the eighth is Rottas (Ruhtas), which is in the direction of Bengal [69].