far as private buildings
are concerned. In public edifices it possesses some fine examples of
Moghal architecture. Every visitor should drive through the town to the
Fort past Wazir Khan's mosque. Under British rule the height of the city
wall has been reduced by one-half and the moat filled in and converted
into a garden. Wazir Khan's mosque founded in 1634 by a Panjabi
minister of Shahjahan, is a noble building profusely adorned with glazed
tiles and painted panels. The Golden Mosque was constructed 120 years
later about the same time as Safdar Jang's tomb at Delhi. The palace
fort, built originally by Akbar, contains also the work of his three
successors. The Shish Mahal or Hall of Mirrors, which witnessed the
cession of the Panjab to the Queen of England, was begun by Shahjahan
and finished by Aurangzeb. The armoury contains a curious collection of
weapons. The Badshahi Mosque opposite with its beautiful marble domes
and four lofty minarets of red sandstone was founded in 1673 in the
reign of Aurangzeb. The cupolas were so shaken by an earthquake in 1840
that they had to be removed. Maharaja Ranjit Singh used the mosque as a
magazine. In the space between it and the Fort he laid out the pretty
orange garden known as the Huzuri Bagh and set in it the marble
_baradari_ which still adorns it. Close by are his own tomb and that of
Arjan Das, the fifth Guru.

~Buildings outside Lahore.~--The best example of Moghal architecture is
not at Lahore itself, but at Shahdara across the Ravi. Here in a fine
garden is the Mausoleum of Jahangir with its noble front and four
splendid towers. It enshrines an exquisite sarcophagus, which was
probably once in accordance with the Emperor's wish open to the sunlight
and the showers. Near by are the remains of the tombs of his beautiful
and imperious consort, Nur Jahan, and of her brother Asaf Khan, father
of the lady of the Taj. Another building associated with Jahangir is
Anarkali's tomb beside the Civil Secretariat. The white marble
sarcophagus is a beautiful piece of work placed now in most
inappropriate surroundings. The tomb was reared by the Emperor to
commemorate the unhappy object of his youthful love. Half-a-mile off on
the Multan road is the Chauburji, once the gateway of the Garden of
Zebunnissa a learned daughter of Aurangzeb. The garden has disappeared,
but the gateway, decorated with blue and green tiles, though partially
ruined, is still a beautiful object. On the other si