1 intended in former times for measuring the dis¬
2 tance; the interval between each being named a
3 1cm, and equal to two English miles.* These pil¬
4 lars, or minars, exist on the India side of the Sutlej
5 at .the present day, and maybe seen in many places
6 between Loodianah and Kurnaul. They are visible
7 from a great distance, and thus enable the traveller
8 to take the shortest road without the risk of losing
9 his way. Not only was the great road marked by
10 kos-minars, but the same care was taken of the
11 travellers themselves, by the planting of trees and
12 erection of serais at certain distances for their ac¬
13 commodation ; and at each serai there was a large
14 tank lor the supply of water. All these serais are
15 now more or less dilapidated, but one can form an
16 idea of their size and splendour from the remains
17 oi tiiose seen at Dawra, Kunna, and Rajpoora,
18 between Loodianah and Umballali.
19 During the Mussulman sway in the Punjab, and
20 even long before it, Lahore was a very large city. Its
21 palaces and mosques at the present day, point out
22 the munificence of the Moslem, though Sikh inno¬
23 vation has done much to alter, and in some cases,
24 destroy the beauty of these edifices; even the
25 tombs of the illustrious dead have not escaped the
26 ravages of the fanatic Sikh. . Witness that of Je-
27 hangeer on the: right bank of the Itavee near
28 Lahore. This handsome edifice, like all other
29 * The kos varies at the present day, and is divided into two kinds;
30 namely, the kuoha and pucka, the former being little more than equal to
31 one mile.