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WESTERN H1NDOOSTAN,
AziMERE.
monarchs, bred under the fevered Ikies, have fhewn themfelves
mbnfters of cruelties, notwithstanding they have been held up
to us as models of greatnefs. Among thofe of the North are
BaJIlovitz II. and Peter the Great. And in HindooJIan, the favo-
rite Akbar, and others, fuccefibrs or predeceflbrs. Their enor-
mities are the refult of education; indulged firft in every in-
fant-paffion, then in thofe of youth, till they become ungovern-
able ; and every oppofition to their will appears criminal, and
brings on the molt dreadful revenge, and the frequent havoke
of the human race. Compare then the manners of the
princes of this country with thofe of the myriads of the.mean-
eft of the Hindoo fubjects; education has produced monfters of
the former: climate has foftened into gentlenefs, refignation,
and the fulleft fubmiflion in the minds of the-latter to every
evil, to famine, ficknefs, and tyrannic fury.,
Akbar ere&ed his conqueft into a foubahfhip, and" named
it that of Agimere or Azimere* At prefent Audapour, Joodpou^
and Jeinagur, antient principalities of the Raipoots,, remain in
their defcendants. Mo ft of the reft of the Soubahfhip is pof-
fefTed by the Mahrattas, or by Sindia. Mr. Rennel thinks the
capital, Agimere^ to have been the G.agafmiru of Ptolemy, It if
built in about lat. 26° 32',. at the foot of a lofty mountain*
crowned with a fortrefs of great ftrength. Little is faid of the
city. It feems holy ground* and productive of holy men.
'Akbar) in want of an heir, made a pilgrimage to this place to
the fhrine of Cbaja Main, in confeqnence of a vow he had made
in cafe he was blefted with a fbn, which his favorite Sultana-
prefented him with juft before *. To infure fuccefs, he had
* Daw's HifKii. 279,280,
left
WESTERN H1NDOOSTAN,
AziMERE.
monarchs, bred under the fevered Ikies, have fhewn themfelves
mbnfters of cruelties, notwithstanding they have been held up
to us as models of greatnefs. Among thofe of the North are
BaJIlovitz II. and Peter the Great. And in HindooJIan, the favo-
rite Akbar, and others, fuccefibrs or predeceflbrs. Their enor-
mities are the refult of education; indulged firft in every in-
fant-paffion, then in thofe of youth, till they become ungovern-
able ; and every oppofition to their will appears criminal, and
brings on the molt dreadful revenge, and the frequent havoke
of the human race. Compare then the manners of the
princes of this country with thofe of the myriads of the.mean-
eft of the Hindoo fubjects; education has produced monfters of
the former: climate has foftened into gentlenefs, refignation,
and the fulleft fubmiflion in the minds of the-latter to every
evil, to famine, ficknefs, and tyrannic fury.,
Akbar ere&ed his conqueft into a foubahfhip, and" named
it that of Agimere or Azimere* At prefent Audapour, Joodpou^
and Jeinagur, antient principalities of the Raipoots,, remain in
their defcendants. Mo ft of the reft of the Soubahfhip is pof-
fefTed by the Mahrattas, or by Sindia. Mr. Rennel thinks the
capital, Agimere^ to have been the G.agafmiru of Ptolemy, It if
built in about lat. 26° 32',. at the foot of a lofty mountain*
crowned with a fortrefs of great ftrength. Little is faid of the
city. It feems holy ground* and productive of holy men.
'Akbar) in want of an heir, made a pilgrimage to this place to
the fhrine of Cbaja Main, in confeqnence of a vow he had made
in cafe he was blefted with a fbn, which his favorite Sultana-
prefented him with juft before *. To infure fuccefs, he had
* Daw's HifKii. 279,280,
left