English: THE DUTCH CEMETERY:-

The Dutch as well as Armenian cemeteries at Surat are situated in a locality known as 'Gulam Falia' near the——mail road leading——to Katargam Gate. The Dutch tombs are of various sizes. And shapes. But the one that excels all the "rest in magnificence is the grandiose mausoleum of Baron Adrian Van Reede and," is described here in detail.

The tomb of Baron Adrian Van Reede, who was the Director of the Dutch Company in the Indies was intended——to rival and "eclipse that of the Oxendens in English cemetery." It consists of a double cupola of great size, "with a gallery above and below," supported on handsome columns. This monument was formerly ornamented with frescoes, "escutcheons," and passages from the Scripture. And the windows were filled with beautiful wood carving.

The Armenian cemetery is situated adjacent to that of the Dutch. Though, the graves in this cemetery, arc bearing large number of inscription slabs they have no super-structures raised above them as is the case in the English and Dutch cemeteries. The oldest epitaph is the one of Armenian verse over the tombstone of a lady named Marinas, the wife of the priest Woksan, who was a crown to her husband, according to the proverbs of Solomon. The date of her death is mentioned as 1028 of the Armenian era ( Christian year 1579).