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SHERE SHAH.
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brity, about thirty miles south-west of Buxar. It is
distinguished as the burial-place of Shere Shah, an emi-
nent Afghan prince, who expelled the father of the
great Akbar from Hindostan. The remains of Shere
Shah were deposited in a mausoleum of considerable
magnificence, built in the centre of a large tank, which
is about a mile in circumference, surrounded by strong
masonry. The dome is remarkably elegant, and en-
compassed by three turreted parapets having several
small circular towers at regular intervals. The base
of the mausoleum is a large square, in the centre
of which the principal structure stands. It is octago-
nal and flanked at each angle of the quadrangular
basement by a low-domed tower, scarcely less magni-
ficent than the parent edifice from which it is detach-
ed ; yet to the beholder's eye on the opposite shore
the four smaller domes appear to be a part of the main
building, though in reality they have no immediate
connexion with it. The interior of the mausoleum is
plain, but there is a gloomy grandeur about it which
awakens feelings rather painful than agreeable. The
remains of Shere Shah, with those of several members
of his family, are deposited in the lower story. The
ruins of a bridge which formerly communicated with
the mausoleum are still visible upon the eastern side
of the tank. This fine structure is rapidly falling to
decay, and the beautiful reddish stone of which it is
composed is greatly discoloured by age and neglect.
Shere Shah was an Afghan prince, who rendered
himself famous by dethroning Humaioon, son of the
heroic Baber. After a splendid career of military suc-
cess., he became emperor of Hindostan, over which he
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brity, about thirty miles south-west of Buxar. It is
distinguished as the burial-place of Shere Shah, an emi-
nent Afghan prince, who expelled the father of the
great Akbar from Hindostan. The remains of Shere
Shah were deposited in a mausoleum of considerable
magnificence, built in the centre of a large tank, which
is about a mile in circumference, surrounded by strong
masonry. The dome is remarkably elegant, and en-
compassed by three turreted parapets having several
small circular towers at regular intervals. The base
of the mausoleum is a large square, in the centre
of which the principal structure stands. It is octago-
nal and flanked at each angle of the quadrangular
basement by a low-domed tower, scarcely less magni-
ficent than the parent edifice from which it is detach-
ed ; yet to the beholder's eye on the opposite shore
the four smaller domes appear to be a part of the main
building, though in reality they have no immediate
connexion with it. The interior of the mausoleum is
plain, but there is a gloomy grandeur about it which
awakens feelings rather painful than agreeable. The
remains of Shere Shah, with those of several members
of his family, are deposited in the lower story. The
ruins of a bridge which formerly communicated with
the mausoleum are still visible upon the eastern side
of the tank. This fine structure is rapidly falling to
decay, and the beautiful reddish stone of which it is
composed is greatly discoloured by age and neglect.
Shere Shah was an Afghan prince, who rendered
himself famous by dethroning Humaioon, son of the
heroic Baber. After a splendid career of military suc-
cess., he became emperor of Hindostan, over which he