landscape in indian - The heritage - Agra Fort

As many predicted, the Mogul fort was occupied from the late 16th century Lodhi by Akbar the Great. During his reign, he moved the capital of his empire from Delhi to Agra. Through this move, but Agra city became prosperous. Akbar built the fort in red sandstone and white marble ornamentation.

But right up to her reign of Akbar Shah Jahan is the new area is shaped like today. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his wife. Unlike his grandfather, Shah Jahan built it like marble, inlaid with gold or semi-precious stones. He has destroyed several buildings inside the building in its sole discretion.

At the end of his life Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb in the fort into a prison sentence may not be too harsh because the fort is very sumptuous. It was said that Shah Jahan died in Muasamman Burj, a tower with a marble balcony overlooking the Taj Mahal great.

The fort is also a battle in the Indian mutiny in 1857, ending the rule of the British East India Company in India and led to direct rule in India a century by the United Kingdom.