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Chap. 11 1.
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disappeared ; but these are of slight importance as compared with
the ruins further south.
The general arrangement of the principal ruins will he understood
from the plan (AVoodcut No. '211), which was taken with great care,
though the scale to which it has been necessary to reduce it prevents
'277. Plan of Kuins in Old Dellii. (From a Plan by the Author.) Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.
all its peculiarities from being seen. To understand it, it is necessary
to bear in mind that all the pillars are of Hindu, and all the walls of
Mahomedan, architecture.
It is a little difficult to determine to what extent the pillars now
stand as originally arranged by the Hindus, or how far they have
been taken down and re-arranged by the conquerors. Even supposing
DI'.LIII.
501
disappeared ; but these are of slight importance as compared with
the ruins further south.
The general arrangement of the principal ruins will he understood
from the plan (AVoodcut No. '211), which was taken with great care,
though the scale to which it has been necessary to reduce it prevents
'277. Plan of Kuins in Old Dellii. (From a Plan by the Author.) Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.
all its peculiarities from being seen. To understand it, it is necessary
to bear in mind that all the pillars are of Hindu, and all the walls of
Mahomedan, architecture.
It is a little difficult to determine to what extent the pillars now
stand as originally arranged by the Hindus, or how far they have
been taken down and re-arranged by the conquerors. Even supposing