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The Fortress Of Allahabad.
THE FORTRESS OF ALLAHABAD .
TO THE EDITORDE-VR SIR AND BROTHER , —It is with peculiar pleasure that I have perused several numbers of your very interesting and useful journal , ( I hail it with cead mille failtha ) ; and feeling assured that any notice ofthe efforts of the Brethren in this country to advance the good cause would be acceptable to you , I have the pleasure to send you the followingIf think the subject wortha lace in your delightful ( to me ,
. you y p at least ) periodical , you will oblige me by giving it insertion . _ In the reign of the Emperor Ackbar Shah , who flourished in the year 1542 , was raised the fortress of Allahabad , situated at the junction of two ofthe most sacred rivers in Hindoostan , the Ganges and the Jumna , the latter river called by the natives "the Virgin River . Three sides of the fortress remain to this day . Beside the fort , there is a large pillar , now ly ing prostrate , near the principal entrance , and iece of graniteof considerable
which is composed of one entire p , very length , on which is inscribed , in the characters of the Sanscrit and Persian languages , the honours of the emperor , and the date of the building , which appears to be in 1583 . The country adjacent for nearly forty miles is considered by the pilgrims , who yearly crowd in immense numbers to this place to practice some of their idolatrous rites , as " holy ground . " The walls of the fort are composed of large oblong hihandwhat is remarkableare
blocks of red granite , are extremely g , , , almost every where covered by the following Masonic emblems which evince something more than mere ornament , They are not confined to any one particular spot , but scattered over the walls of the fortress , in many places as high as 30 or 40 feet from the ground , and m places which positively have not undergone any alterations or repairs since the fort fell into the hands of the British . " It is quite certain , says the to whom indebted for a sketch of these
worthy and excellent Brother I am emblems " that the thousand stones on the walls and buildings of the fortress bearing these Masonic symbols were carved marked , and numbered in the quarry previous to the erection of the fortification itself and when we consider that the place has been upwards of 250 years ' built , we should not be a little pleased to find a flourishing Lodge of Freemasons ( Lodge Independence with Philanthropy , No . 550 ) meeting regularly in a garrison built by our operative Brethren in the year 1583 or thereabouts . " But to the emblems themselves , they are these : —
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The Fortress Of Allahabad.
THE FORTRESS OF ALLAHABAD .
TO THE EDITORDE-VR SIR AND BROTHER , —It is with peculiar pleasure that I have perused several numbers of your very interesting and useful journal , ( I hail it with cead mille failtha ) ; and feeling assured that any notice ofthe efforts of the Brethren in this country to advance the good cause would be acceptable to you , I have the pleasure to send you the followingIf think the subject wortha lace in your delightful ( to me ,
. you y p at least ) periodical , you will oblige me by giving it insertion . _ In the reign of the Emperor Ackbar Shah , who flourished in the year 1542 , was raised the fortress of Allahabad , situated at the junction of two ofthe most sacred rivers in Hindoostan , the Ganges and the Jumna , the latter river called by the natives "the Virgin River . Three sides of the fortress remain to this day . Beside the fort , there is a large pillar , now ly ing prostrate , near the principal entrance , and iece of graniteof considerable
which is composed of one entire p , very length , on which is inscribed , in the characters of the Sanscrit and Persian languages , the honours of the emperor , and the date of the building , which appears to be in 1583 . The country adjacent for nearly forty miles is considered by the pilgrims , who yearly crowd in immense numbers to this place to practice some of their idolatrous rites , as " holy ground . " The walls of the fort are composed of large oblong hihandwhat is remarkableare
blocks of red granite , are extremely g , , , almost every where covered by the following Masonic emblems which evince something more than mere ornament , They are not confined to any one particular spot , but scattered over the walls of the fortress , in many places as high as 30 or 40 feet from the ground , and m places which positively have not undergone any alterations or repairs since the fort fell into the hands of the British . " It is quite certain , says the to whom indebted for a sketch of these
worthy and excellent Brother I am emblems " that the thousand stones on the walls and buildings of the fortress bearing these Masonic symbols were carved marked , and numbered in the quarry previous to the erection of the fortification itself and when we consider that the place has been upwards of 250 years ' built , we should not be a little pleased to find a flourishing Lodge of Freemasons ( Lodge Independence with Philanthropy , No . 550 ) meeting regularly in a garrison built by our operative Brethren in the year 1583 or thereabouts . " But to the emblems themselves , they are these : —