Thursday 22 August 2013

Tomb of Akbar the Great Tourist place in Agra

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The Tomb of Akbar the Great is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece, It built 1605-1613, set in 48 Ha (119 acres) of grounds in Sikandra.It is located at Sikandra, in the suburbs of Agra, on the Mathura road (NH2), 8 km west-northwest of the city center. About 1 km away from the tomb,


After the death of Akbar in 1605, the tomb was completed by his son Jahangir in 1613. A huge arched gateway that is decorated with calligraphic inscriptions on the white marble, leads to the tomb.The third Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (1555–1605), himself commenced its construction in around 1600, according to Tartary tradition to commence the construction of one's tomb during one's lifetime. Akbar himself planned his own tomb and selected a suitable site for it. After his death, Akbar's son Jahangir completed the construction in 1605-1613. Akbar was one of the greatest emperors of his time.



On entering the gate, tourists can see a formal garden, which is built in the charbagh style. In the heart of this garden stands the tomb of Akbar, which is made of red sandstone. This tomb has three-storeyed red sandstone minarets on the four corners of the building, which display inlay work.


The buildings are constructed mainly from a deep red sandstone, enriched with features in white marble. Decorated inlaid panels of these materials and a black slate adorn the tomb and the main gatehouse. Panel designs are geometric, floral and calligraphic, and prefigure the more complex and subtle designs later incorporated in Itmad-ud-Daulah's Tomb.


The south gate is the largest, with four white marble chhatri-topped minarets which are similar to (and pre-date) those of the Taj Mahal, and is the normal point of entry to the tomb. The tomb itself is surrounded by a walled enclosure 105 m square. The tomb building is a four-tiered pyramid, surmounted by a marble pavilion containing the false tomb. The true tomb, as in other mausoleums, is in the basement.

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