[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Fall of the Mughal Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932) › v3.c35.s8.3 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c35.s8.3 Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c35.s8.3 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c35.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v3.c35.s8.3) This Shāhburj crowns a rocky height at the northern end of a ridge, and is joined to the south-west corner of Dig by prolongations of the southern and western walls of the fort, enclosing a long and narrow angle. The Shāhburj is almost a fortress in itself, with a small area of about 50 yards square on the inside, and presenting four lofty bastions facing the four cardinal points. About one-third of a mile south of the Shāhburj, at the other end of the same ridge stands Gopālgarh, another square mud-fort with round bastions at the four corners. Between these two works lie the extensive royal gardens with a profusion of shady trees, oranges, myrtles and mangoes. Inside the fort are the Rajah’s palace—“a very noble structure containing a fine hall of audience and other State apartments in a similar style of elegance,” and a large and beautiful tank full of protected fish, a romantic garden, besides the usual crypts for burying the royal treasure,—a square citadel (a quarter of a mile across) surrounded by high and thick ramparts, three bastions on each face and a deep ditch faced with masonry and massy gateways and towers of considerable height. There were also the mansions of nobles and rich men, and a crowded bazar (Jawāhir-ganj) necessary for supplying the needs of such a vast population. - [Previous: v3.c35.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v3.c35.s8.2) - [Next: v3.c35.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v3.c35.s8.4) - [Up: v3.c35.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v3.c35.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v3.c35.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v3.c35.s8.3) · Pramāṇa