Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s7.t6.16

v2.c27.s7.t6.16

Ajmer Fort.—The reader will see as much of this far-famed fortress as I did : for there was nothing to induce me to climb the steep, where the only temple visible was a modern-looking whitewashed mosque, lifting its dazzling minarets over the dingy antique towers of the Chauhan : “ he who seven times captured the sultan, and seven times released him.” The hill rises majestically from its base to the height of about eight hundred feet ; its crest encircled by the ancient wall and towers raised by Ajaipal—