Fatehpur Sikri: Akbar’s Magnificent City on a Hill
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Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
938152372X, 9789381523728
Length
244p., Colour; Illustrations; Map; 24cm.
Subjects
Four centuries ago, a magnificent king built his city of dreams on a hill. And then after a few years he walked away from it, never to return. The reason why Jalaluddin Akbar abandoned the city of Fatehpur Sikri remains a mystery.It is a city, of legends, frozen in time, of a grateful king's act of gratitude to a Sufi saint, and of a warrior who raised a giant gateway as an arrogant symbol of his power. The city saw the most gorgeous gatherings in Akbar's ...
