The Travellers’ Companion

In regard to colour and design the interior of the Taj may rank first in the world for purely decorative work -.while the perfect symmetry of its exterior and the aerial grace of its domes and minarets impress the mind of the beholder in a manner never to' be forgotten. [...] Is the head-quarters of the district of the same name and of the railway officials of the Rajputana-Malwa Railway. [...] Dasaratha was the father of Ram Chandra the hero of the epic Ramayan." With the fall of the last king of the Solar line Ajodhya became a wilderness and the royal families dispersed. [...] The buildings of most note in the city are—(1) the Banneh Bilas Palace (2) the City Palace (3) the Cenotaph of Maharao Raja Sewai Bakhtawar Singhji Bahadur which is a fine specimen of Indian architecture and the view from the pavilion is one of the most beautiful in India (4) the famous Library containing the rarest Oriental and most valuable manuscripts and illuminated scrolls worth lakhs of [...] The remains of the palace of the Burmese monarchs still exist in the centre of the town.