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Published: March 30th 2006
March 12th 2006
March 12th 2006
In order to comply with my vow to never take an Indian bus again, I was forced to hire a taxi for the day to visit Fatehpur Sikri. This place is about 40km away from Agra and for a short period of time was the capital of the Moghul empire of Akbar. However its dribble of a water supply was insufficient to support the inhabitants, so it was soon abandoned and has been a ghost city for about 400 y... Read Full Entry
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Jami Masjid main gate
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Tomb of Sufi saint
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Jami Masjid main gate
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Emperor Akbar's mausoleum at Sikandra
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Date: 10th October 2006
Wait for entire page to load?
Hi Marcia - this worked for me, however I had to wait for the entire page of pictures to load before I was able to view individual ones in a separate window.
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Wait for entire page to load?
Hi Marcia - this worked for me, however I had to wait for the entire page of pictures to load before I was able to view individual ones in a separate window.
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 29th July 2009
beauty without toxicity
What beautiful buildings and they were built without posioning the environment and out of indeginous materials. Maybe architect Frank Lyoad Wright learned something from Akbar?
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
beauty without toxicity
What beautiful buildings and they were built without posioning the environment and out of indeginous materials. Maybe architect Frank Lyoad Wright learned something from Akbar?
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 24th September 2009
this page is not so helpful in studies .we want the main buildings made or constructed by akbar these are the description or unwanted photographs. i am not saying that is is useless it is not so useful.
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
this page is not so helpful in studies .we want the main buildings made or constructed by akbar these are the description or unwanted photographs. i am not saying that is is useless it is not so useful.
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 1st March 2010
please.
I need and loved decoration architecture , please sent me
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
please.
I need and loved decoration architecture , please sent me
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 22nd March 2010
hi.hi.hi!
he should havebuilt it better and nice
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
hi.hi.hi!
he should havebuilt it better and nice
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
please give some information at the end of the picture
please give some information about akbars building but this picture is very good
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 5th June 2011
Neat blog..!! ;-)
Presentation is quite good. It gives a lot of infomation 'bout d main buildings of Akbar. Helped me alot in my project..nice work..!!
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Neat blog..!! ;-)
Presentation is quite good. It gives a lot of infomation 'bout d main buildings of Akbar. Helped me alot in my project..nice work..!!
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 25th June 2011
details not shown.
The names of building are given but not shown in detail that who had built them,in which year it was built otherwise it would be very helpful in making school projects and assingments. But they are quite good.
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
details not shown.
The names of building are given but not shown in detail that who had built them,in which year it was built otherwise it would be very helpful in making school projects and assingments. But they are quite good.
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 11th September 2011
The pics are quite good and will help us with our schoolwork.Pl try mentioning the date,place and year they were built
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
The pics are quite good and will help us with our schoolwork.Pl try mentioning the date,place and year they were built
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Date: 17th November 2011
Iiron doors
"Awesome" Its so beautiful and i have no words to say about it. Iron doors
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
Iiron doors
"Awesome" Its so beautiful and i have no words to say about it. Iron doors
From Blog: The buildings of Akbar
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Great Pictures - Broken Links
Great job with the pictures and I enjoyed the text. Unfortunately, most of the links to the larger images seem to be broken.
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