Identifier: indikacountrypeo00hursuoft (find matches)
Title: Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903
Subjects: Sri Lanka India
Publisher: New York, Harper
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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olis. They reared mosqueswith a lavish use of gold, and with a boldness of design whichit was hoped would far outshine the Hindu temples. In someinstances, it seems, when the temple served for a good foun-dation, they reared their mosques and poised their graceful min-arets on the very site of the former places of worship, and madeuse of the rich patterns in wood and stone to complete the deco-rations in honor of Mohammeds faith. But in other cases theychose new places, and began on foundations quite their own. As a result, Ahmadabad is now a mixed city. The new andthe old lie in closest brotherhood. The English rule has broad-ened some of the streets, and given a thrift and cleanliness whichhad not existed. But the two civilizations, Hindu and Moham-medan, are to be seen to-day in strange combinations. Thewaste of war has been slighter here than in most places whichI have visited. The patient Hindu carver did his work so wellthat his Mohammedan conqueror was glad to spare it, and vex
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RANI SIPRI MOSQCE, AHMADABAD. AHMADABAD. -?A it into service for his mosque and private house. One beautifulhouse, therefore, is the creation of one race, while its neighbor 7 O may be that of another. I drove first into the suburbs, and halted at the tomb of shahAlatn. This man, who died in 14.»:>. was the son of a Moham-medan saint, who arrived at great fame as the spiritual guideof Mohammed Begada. When he died no pains were spared tomake his tomb a fit memorial of him. Even to this day it is anexquisite piece of sepulchral architecture. The tomb of ShahAlam is only one—his family lie about him, in a house whichmight well be called a palace of the dead. You stand upon afloor of alternate tiles of white and black marble, and look upto a dome whose under surface is radiant with gold and preciousstones. There are, about one tomb, three double-sliding brassdoors, each with three panels of close work, which are of suchdelicate workmanship that one might well imagine them madein so

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