The history of Agra is older than the
era of Mughals, dating back to the great
Hindu epic ‘Mahabharat’,
when the city was called ‘Agrabana’
and constituted a vast forest area forming
an integral part of the Brij Bhumi or
the pious Land of Lord Krishna.
Better known as home to the splendid
Taj Mahal, Agra tops as the most sought
after tourist destinations of India
on the international map. The place
is affluent in cultural heritages
left behind by the Mughals,
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who ruled the place from
1526 to 1628. Agra was the capital city
of Lodi Kingdom until the first Mughal
Emperor, Babur, defeated him.
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The city witnessed
its golden age in terms of art,
culture, architecture, commerce
and learning during the reign
of Akbar, Jehangir and Shah Jahan.
Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Itmad-ud-daulah,
Sikandra and the Agra Fort are
a few benchmarks of the artistic
excellence of the Mughal Empire,
who built these majestic and epithetic
monuments to exhibit their passion
and ambition.
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