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In the first Volume of From Sea to Sea (page 96) Kipling writes of Chitor: ... over all - over rent and bastion, split temple wall and prone pillar - lay the 'shadow of its beauty while it flourished in its pride.' The Englishman walked into a stately palace of many rooms, where the sunlight streamed in through wall and roof, and up crazy stone stairways, held together, it seemed, by the marauding trees... Can anyone place his quotation ? 'shadow of its beauty while it flourished in its pride.' Any thoughts will be most gratefully received John R