[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 354.8.4 # Storia do Mogor 354.8.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 354.8.4 - **Language:** English ### [354.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.4) In 1705, in the month of February, there was a terrifying occurrence in the province of Gujarat. In the district of Goga (Gogo) there was such a trembling of the earth that the ground opened for a length of five leagues; in some places the fissure was from ten to twenty cubits wide, and even as much as thirty cubits. The governor of the country sent men to take measurements of the depth, and they brought back the report that at a depth of fifty cubits they did not reach the bottom of the cavity. After a few days of these terrible quakings of the earth there came on a rain of blood in drops of considerable size, the earth becoming red and the reservoirs full of it. At the same time there appeared a comet, which was visible for fifteen days. The Brahmans and astrologers found herein an occasion for talk, and they declared that these signs were \[165\] demonstrations of Aurangzeb's \[approaching\] death and of devastation in many places in the empire, together with the loss of the port of Surat. - [Previous: 354.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.3) - [Next: 354.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.5) - [Up: 354.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.8.4) · Pramāṇa