[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) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 17.1.6 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 17.1.6 Travels in India (Ball) 17.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [17.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.1.6) Lahore is the capital of a kingdom, and is built on one of the five rivers which descend from the mountains of the north to go to swell the Indus, and give the name of Penjab to all the region which they water. This river at the present day flows at a quarter of a league distant from the town, being liable to change its bed, and the neighbouring fields often sustain much damage from its great overflowings. The town is large, and extends more than a coss in length, but the greater part of the houses, which are higher than those of Agra and Delhi, are falling into ruins, the excessive rains having overthrown a large number. The palace of the King is rather fine, and is no longer, as it was formerly, on the margin of the river, which has withdrawn, as I have said, about a quarter of a league. One can obtain wine at Lahore. I shall remark, en passant, that after leaving Lahore, and the kingdom of Kashmir which adjoins it on the north, all the women are naturally unprovided with hair on any part of the body, and the men have very little of it on the chin. - [Previous: 17.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.1.5) - [Next: 17.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.1.7) - [Up: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.1.6) · Pramāṇa