Lahore Fort

Akbar enlarged and repaired the fort, and surrounded the town with a wall, portions of which still remain, embedded in the modern work of Ranjit Singh. Specimens of the mixed Hindu and Saracenie style adopted by Akbar survive within the" fort, though largely defaced by later alterations.

The unique tile tiles at work on the north and west sides of the inner wall of the Lahore. Lahore Fort, believed to have been executed in the reign of Jahanglr. An enormous space, more than a quarter of a mile in length and 17 yards high, was decorated with enamelled tiles, exhibiting not only geometrical and foliated designs, but figures of living beings. ' Many of the scenes represented possess also considerable historical interest, illustrating the life of the Mughal emperors. Several specimens represent elephant fights, which were one of the chief recreations of the Mlughal court, and one of the finest panels shows four horsemen playing Chaugan or Persian polo.' Dr. Vogel has succeeded in securing tracings of 116 panels '. Rarity of When the antiquity and high standard of Indian civilization specimens are considered, the almost absolute non-existence of examples of minor arts. of the minor arts dating from past ages is astonishing. The only ancient pottery discoverable is that found in prehistoric cemeteries and megalithic tombs. With the exception of the enamelled tiles already mentioned, no examples of old Indian ceramic work with any pretension to artistic merit seem to exist, and the tiles, even if actually made in India, are essen- tially foreign. India never had indigenous art pottery