India
/ Agra / The City
A city popular
for its Mughal monuments, Agra was one of the capitals of the
Mughals in the 6th and 17th centuries. It was under Akbar that
the city first aspired to its heights of magnificence.
Of the other
Mughals, Jehangir did not stay here long but it is Shah, Jahan
whose name is inevitably connected with Agra. He built the Jami
Masjid and most of the buildings inside the Agra Fort and the
famous Taj Mahal.
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