[Footnote 52: Hindoostan commences north of the Nerbudda; south of that river the country is called the "South of India," and "The Deccan."--See _Malcolm's Malwa_. vol. i. pp. 120, 121.] [Footnote 53: Vol. ii. p. 598.] [Footnote 54: Vol. ii. p. 540, note.] [Footnote 55: The return of those lost was 30,000: one commanding officer said 50,000. Lieutenant-Colonel Burlton discredits the amount, but one of his own departmental officers gave in that number. The Government bought fresh camels in the room of those which died or were lost.] [Footnote 56: The population of Great Britain and Ireland during the late war, was about 18,000,000; out of which number 1,000,000 were employed in the army, navy, marines, militia, volunteers and yeomanry.] [Footnote 57: Vol. ii. p. 261.] [Footnote 58: Vol. ii. p. 494.] [Footnote 59: Captain Walter Badernach, p. 4, table 1, 1826.] CHAPTER X. Delhi--Mahmood of Ghuznee--Shah Jehan--Gates of Delhi--Mosques--The Palace--Hall of Audience--Chapel of Aurungzebe--The Gardens--The Jumma Musjeed--Khoonee Durwaza--Protestant Church--The Observatory--Tomb of Zufder Jung--The Cootub Minar--Allah-ud-Deen--Gheias-ud-Deen--Mahomed Togluk--Humayoon--Nizam-ud-Deen--The Cantonments--Mahomedan College--Delhi--Produce of Delhi--Shah Allum II.--Lord Lake--Monsieur Louis Bourgion--Sir David Ochterlony--Holcar--Lieutenant-Colonel W. Burn--Mr. E. Thornton--Allahabad--Marquis Wellesley--Defence of Delhi--Mahomedan Population--Colonel Ochterlony's good Generalship. DELHI, or Dilli, in Sanscrit Indraprastha, an ancient Hindoo city, founded by Delu, was, according to tradition, built more than 300 years before the Christian era. The Rajahs of Dilli, or Indraput, are mentioned by the Mahomedan historians as early as A.D. 1008. In 1011 the city was taken and plundered by Sultan Mahmood, of Ghuznee, but afterwards it was restored to the Rajah as a tributary.[60] It is reported to have covered a space of twenty miles, and the ruins now are very extensive. It is scarcely possible to conceive anything more striking and picturesque than the first appearance of Delhi, situated on its rocky mountain chain, with its mosques, monuments, palaces, and tombs rising in perfect beauty amid the widely scattered ruins of bye-gone days and former greatness, environed with verdant gardens, corn-fields, palms and cypresses; while the silvery Jumna flowing in the luxuriant valley imparts a bright relief to the whole scene. To see the magic grandeur of the _tout ensemble_ the traveller should ascend the lofty Cootub Minar which is about seven miles from the city. The effect produced on the mind by this grand panorama is quite indescribable.