History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c9.3

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¹ “The fortified hill of Chittor is an isolated mass of rock rising steeply from the plain, three miles and a quarter long and some twelve hundred yards wide in the centre. The circumference at the base is more than eight miles and the height nowhere exceeds four or five hundred feet.” V. A. Smith: *Akbar the Great Mogul* pp. 82-83. For a picturesque description of the fortress see Tod. Vol. III, pp. 1812 *ff*. Also E. Terry: *A Voyage to East-India*, p. 77.