History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c31.s8.13

v2.c31.s8.13

The founder was buried beneath in a dimly-lighted vaulted chamber in the basement of the great tower.¹ His tomb is a simple, plain sarcophagus, standing on the floor, and at each angle a grenadier in full uniform stands with arms reversed, in an attitude of grief, as if mourning over the fall of his master. The execution of the monument, like everything about the place, is bad, but the conception is one of the finest that has been hit upon for a soldier's grave.