The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.144

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waterways of the tanks which are made in the centre of these buildings, the water is always issuing gracefully, and from the edge of their platforms, . . . it is falling into the tank below, in the form of a cascade. In the niches, flower vases of gold and silver, full of golden flowers, are placed during the day time, and at night, white wax candles, which look like stars amid fleecy clouds, are lighted inside the veil of water.¹