MANDU  , or MANDOGARIr, a ruined

city in the Dhar state of Central India, the ancient capital of the Mahommedan kingdom of Malwa . The city is situated at an elevation of 2079 ft. and extends for 8 m. along the crest of the Vindhyan mountains . It reached its greatest splendour in the 15th century under Hoshang Shah (1405-1434) . The circuit of the battlemented wall is nearly 23 m., enclosing a large number of palaces, mosques and other buildings . The oldest mosque dates from 1405; the finest is the Jama Masjid or great mosque, a notable example of Pathan architecture, founded by Hoshang Shah . The marble-domed tomb of this ruler is also magnificent . For a description and history of Mandu, see Sir James Campbell's Gazetteer of Bombay, vol. i. part ii . (1896), and Journal of the Bombay Asiatic Society (vol. xxi.) .