"It is worthy of notice, as illustrating the nature of Mohammedan rule in India, that nearly all the buildings in Benares, of acknowledged antiquity, have been appro¬ priated by the Musulmans; being used as mosques, mausoleums, dargahs, and so forth j and also that a large portion of the separate pillars, architraves, and various other ancient remains, whieh, as before remarked, are so plentifully found in one part of the city, now contribute to the support or adornment of their edifices."