[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) › 17.2.2 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 17.2.2 Travels in India (Ball) 17.2.2 - **Language:** English ### [17.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.2.2) From this court one enters a long and wide passage which has on both sides handsome porticoes, under which there are many small chambers where some of the horse-guards lodge. These porticoes are elevated about two feet from the ground, and the horses, which are fastened to rings outside, take their feed on the edge. In certain places there are large doors which lead to different apartments, as to that of the women, and to the quarter where justice is administered. In the middle of this passage there is a channel full of water, which leaves a good roadway on either side, and forms little basins at equal distances. This long passage leads to a large court where the Omrahs, i.e. the great nobles of the kingdom, like the Bachas in Turkey, and the Kháns in Persia, constitute the bodyguard. There are low chambers around this court for their use, and their horses are tethered outside their doors. - [Previous: 17.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.2.1) - [Next: 17.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.2.3) - [Up: 17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.17.2.2) · Pramāṇa