Agra And Fatehpur Sikri : A Traveller's History

In the hope of lessening the difficulties of sight-seeing atAgra the author has drawn up an itinerary of the principal objects of interestin the city, and immediate neighborhood. The story and description of each placeis briefly told in this book. He has also included a short account of FatehpuriSikri, the deserted city of Akbar. How it came to be founded is a romancewithout parallel in history. Its decline affords yet another striking example ofthe triumph of the practical over the claims of sentiment. To archaeologists theabandoned capital offers one of the most absorbing fields of research in India. Its forsaken palaces, echoing courts and mighty gateways represent theperfection of Moghul architecture under Akbar. This famous style sprang intoexistence with the Great Moghul, reached its zenith during the reign of hisgrandson, Shah Jahan, and perished with Auranzib, the last of the four reallypowerful Emperors to sway the scepter of the Moghuls.