History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c5.56

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[†]: Abdul Hamid, I. B. 118, 122-123, 134, &c., 205. Topographical Notes.—The fort of URCHHA had walls made of stones laid on one another without mud or mortar. It had no battlement. The walls were about 8 miles in length. The river Betwa washes its eastern face. (I. B. 122). The northern, eastern and southern faces of the fort of DHAMUNI were too steep to allow mining or trenching operations by besiegers. On the western side, where the ground is level, there were ditches 20 cubits deep, close to bamboo thickets under the walls. (107).