Travels in India (Tavernier) 24.1.3

24.1.3

Before reaching the bridge you traverse a large suburb called Aurangabad, a coss in length, where all the merchants, brokers, and artisans dwell, and, in general, all the common people ; the town being inhabited only by persons of quality, the officers of the King’s house, the ministers of justice, and military men. From 10 or 11 o’clock in the morning till 4 or 5 in the evening, the merchants and brokers come into the town to trade with foreign merchants, after which they return home to sleep. There are in these suburbs two or three beautiful mosques, which serve as caravansarais for strangers, and several pagodas are to be seen in the neighbourhood. It is through the same suburb that you go from the town to the fortress of Golconda.