The Punjaub; bring a brief account of the country of the Sikhs ..

Steinbach, Henry · 1846 · Public domain (mark) · archive.org ↗

1TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PUNJAUB. 5

2The bazaars are spacious, and the town boasts of

3a few manufactories, a canal from the Ravee, a

4mint, and some places of public worship. But

5the most striking edifice, upreared by Runjeet

6Singh, is the lofty fortress of Govindghur, which

7formerly held all the wealth of the government

8for the time being.

9Mooltan, the third town in order of import-

10ance, stands upon a mound three miles east of

11the river Chenab. In form it is an irregular

12sexagon, with its longest side, which measures

13six hundred yards, to the north-west. Its modem

14consequence arises from the great extent of com-

15merce of which it is the seat, the banking tran&-

16actions particularly giving it a pre-eminence over

17all other towns in Western India. Although

18within its own walls, which are forty feet in

19height seen from without, but few buildings of

20any importance are contained, the neighbourhood

21is crowded with the debris of mosques, tombs,

22serais, &c., attesting the ancient grandeur of the

23place.

24Vuzeerabad likewise stands to the east of the

25Chenab, but two or three hundred miles higher

26up than the town previously mentioned. In

27point of architecture, Vuzeerabad may take pre-

28cedence of any other town in the Punjaub. This

29is owing to the exertions of General Avitabile, an

30European officer, lately in the service of the

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