Agra Fort

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Akbar. He was born on October 15th, 1542 in Umarkot, India, and died on October 25, 1605 in Agra, India. He reigned from 1556 to 1605. Also during his reign he extended Mughal power over most of the Indian subcontinent. Akbar inherited the empire at the young age of 13. When he inherited the empire, the empire was very shaky. Delhi was his father's capital. Agra became Akbar’s capital after he inherited the empire. Akbar descended from the Turks, Mongols, and Iranians. These

The globalisation processes conduce to the blurring of boundaries between nations. The modern life let us feel ourselves the global citizens, according to the concept of global citizenship. Every year, tourists totalling two times the population of Agra pass through its gates to catch a glimpse of one of the most magnificent and spectacular buildings in the world. Few leave disappointed after seeing this beautiful site. One of the most famous and beautiful architectural monument that attracts the

architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passion of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones”. The story behind the Taj Mahal was rooted in the Mughal Dynasty, a group of Muslim emperors who reigned in India from 1526 to 1858. During that time, Agra was the capital of the Mughal Empire and it was the center of wealth of one of the most extensive empire in the medieval world. Although the art of Indian culture has flourished many structures of historical significance to Indo-Islamic architecture

the most powerful forces in India but was not able to turn the territory he gained into an empire. After his death he left that responsibility to his son Humayun, who even through lacked the military genius, was able to gain and have a foot hold in Agra and Delhi (mainly through the help of Persian Military). But it was his son Akbar who is credited for really laying the foundation for the Empire to flourish. During his reign from 1556-1605, he managed to gain territory over the northern and central

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empire (Source?). This task was left to his son Humayun, who lacked the military genius of his father and soon forfeited the Mughal foothold in India (Source?). Only through Persian military intervention did he manage to regain the capital cities of Agra and Delhi in 1555; however, Humayun 's son Akbar was credited with the real foundation of the Mughal Empire (Source?). During his reign from 1556 to 1605, Akbar established dominion over northern and central India, as far east as Bengal. He secured

Aurangzeb killed his elder brother and imprisoned his father, Shah Jahan for eight years. Shah Jahan was imprisoned in Agra Fort, which was on the opposite side of the river Yamuna, and from the balcony of the Agra Fort, Taj Mahal was visible. This helped Shah Jahan to help survive for more years. But after eight years, Shah Jahan died of illness on January 22, 1666 in the city of Agra (Bhavesh Variya, 88). Later his son and the current emperor Aurangzeb buried his dead body in Taj Mahal

Parodi (2000) stated that the Mausoleum of Akbar at Sikandra close Agra was begun by Akbar and finished by his child Jahangir in 1612 A.D. who changed the initial design of his dad. Moreover, planned on the model of a Buddhist Vihara, it is set in the focal point of a square garden. The nook divider on every side has a portal. The core way has four white marble minarets in the four corners and the mausoleum has five patios, ascending from the storm cellar, one over the other, decreasing in size as

Taj Mahal is one of the famous monument situated in Agra, India built by the great Mughal Emperor Shan Jahan in dedication to his wife. The building was built between 1631 and 1648 by a famous architect Ustad Ahmad Lahouri with the help of more than 20,000 workers to complete the work. Taj Mahal was built in the remembrance of Shan Jahan’s third wife Mumtaz Mahal. This monument stands out for the internal love towards his wife. The building was built out with marvelous white marbles, also different

the Middle Ages. Quite in contrast to their predecessors, the Mughals created an empire and accomplished what had hitherto seemed possible for only short periods of time. From the latter half of the sixteenth century they expanded their kingdom from Agra and Delhi, until in the seventeenth century they controlled nearly all of the subcontinent. They imposed structures of administration and ideas of governance