The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c12.s1.26

c12.s1.26

“This gun was once supposed to contain much gold; and even as old brass it is valued at £ 7000; but if serviceable, it may be estimated at about £ 18,000. It at present (1818) lies near the bank of the Jumnah, outside the wall of the fort. An attempt was made to transport it down to Calcutta”. Both Fitzclarence and Thorn give drawings of the gun. Thorn, 189, says “General Lake had a great desire to remove this trophy from Agra to Calcutta, with a view to transporting it ultimately to England; but though a raft was prepared for its conveyance upon the Jamnah, the stupendous body of metal proved too heavy for the framework, and the whole sank in the bed of the river, where the gun lay buried in the sand when I (Major Thorn) last saw it”.