Bijapur, the old Capital of the Adil Shahi Kings: a guide to its ruins with historical outline

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✓ BIJAPUR THE OLD CAPITAL OF THE ADIL SHAHI KINGS A GUIDE TO ITS RUINS WITH HISTORICAL OUTLINE BY HENRY COUSENS M.R.A.S. ARCHÆOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN INDIA. guHtB^sl toiiti % BHnctiou of df ofreranuni. POONA: PRINTED AT THE ORPHANAGE PRESS. 1889. BOMBAY: THACKEE 4 Co., THOS, COOK & SON, PHILLIPS 4 Co., POONA : PHILLIPS 4 Co., ORPHANAGE PRESS. BIJAPUR : TRAVELLERS' BANGALA. PRICE Rs. 2. All rights reserved. " I asked of Time for whom those temples rose, That prostrate by his hand in silence lie; His lips disdained the myst'ry to disclose, And, borne on swifter wing, he hurried by ! ' The broken columns whose '? I asked of Fame ; (Her kindling breath gives life to works sublime;) With downcast looks of mingled grief and shame She heaved the uncertain sigh and followed Time. Wrapt in amazement o'er the mouldering pile, I saiv Oblivion pass with giant stride; And while his visage wore Pride's scornful smile, ' Haply thou knoivest, then tell me, ivhose ' I cried, ' Whose these vast domes that e'en in ruin shine ' ? 4 / reck not whose,' he said : 'they now are mine.' "