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Built by three of the most magnificent Mughal, emperors, the Agra Fort is a fitting monument to the creative and artistic genius of the times. Girdled by massive double walls and pierced by four towering gateways, the fort is a complex of places, courts, mosque, baths, gardens and pleasure pavilions spanning three reigns. The red sandstone Jehangiri Mahal built by Akbar for his Hindu queen Jodhabai, mother of Jehangir. The great Public and Private Halls of Audience. The Khas Mahal and the Palace of Mirrors. The pure white Pearl Mosque and the jewel-like Nagina Masjid. The Garden of Grapes and the Fish Pavilion or Water Garden. Tragically, Shahjehan spent the last years of his life here as a prisoner of his own son, gazing across the river she lay dying at his noblest creation, the Taj Mahal.

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