THE FORTRESS OF BOWRIE, IN RAJPOOTANA.
The province of Rajpootana, including the unconquered remnant of the ancient Hindoo princes, is situated in the centre of Hindoostan, in the immediate vicinity of the Tatar and Mogul dominions. This tract of country was never thoroughly subjugated, though repeated efforts were made by the Patan and Mogul emperors to annex it to their territories. A nominal subjection, the payment of a certain tribute, or the furnishing a number of Rajpoot mercenaries for the imperial army, is the utmost concession that the province has ever yielded.
The Fortress of Bowrie is one of the military depots with which this country abounds; and derives interest less from its own extent, than from the picturesque and advantageous situation it occupies.
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