in Hindustan, a city, the capital of the Pun- Lahore, situated about a mile from the eastern bank of the River Ravee. It is surrounded by a brick wall, formerly 25 feet high, but which has been lowered by order of the British government since the annexation of the Punjab to their dominions. The streets of Lahore are narrow, but contain many lofty houses, inclosed within extensive dead walls. It is still a place of considerable size, with a good bazaar; but it is not inhabited by wealthy people. On account of the frequent sackings it has sustained, they have migrated for safety to Amritsar. The palace was originally founded by Achar, and enlarged by his successors. Across the Ravee, at Shal Durra, about 2 miles N. of Lahore, stands the celebrated mausoleum of Jehangir, within a wall of nearly 600 yards square. It is a magnificent building, 66 paces on each side, and still in very good condition. To the southward of this, in the open plain, is to be seen the tomb of Noor Jehan Begum, a building 36 paces square. In 1812 Runjeet Singh was building a very thick wall and rampart round the city, with a deep, broad ditch. The palace has also been surrounded by a deep and broad ditch, the whole faced with brick, and the earth thrown inwards, so as to form a broad rampart, with bastions at intervals.

Judging from the ruins in the neighbourhood of the city, Lahore must have greatly fallen from its ancient grandeur, yet the domes and minarets of the mosques, the lofty walls of the fort, the splendid mausoleum of Jehangir, and the numberless inferior tombs and temples that surround the town, still render it an object of curiosity and admiration. Lahore was taken by Sultan Baber, a.d. 1520, and was for some time the seat of the Mogul government. Since that period it has undergone many revolutions, and was for a considerable time possessed by the Abdali Afghans of Kabul, by whom it is named Sikrei. In 1799 Runjeet Singh was by Zeeman Shah invested with the government of Lahore, and shortly afterwards this adventurer extended his power over the whole of the Punjab. When, after the death of Runjeet Singh, the enemies committed by those who grasped his power compelled the English to put an end to his dynasty, Lahore, with the rest of the country, became British. The events connected with its subjugation are related in the historical sketch of the Punjab. The city of Lahore is in Lat. 31° 36', Long. 74° 21'.