Tramping the Dusty Roads

Tramping the Dusty Roads

The Agra Fort: Rising and Falling

The Agra Fort is ancient, and symbolic of the tides of Time.

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Rajiv Chopra
Dec 19, 2024
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The Original Red Fort.

You can, without exaggeration, claim that the Red Fort of Agra is the original Red Fort. I always assumed that Akbar built the fort, but research proved me wrong. I discovered only when researching this publication that the Red Fort of Agra predates the Mughals.

A short history of Agra's Red Fort.

Views of the Red Fort of Agra.

The second emperor, Humayun, was cro…

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