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020			_a978-93-81523-72-8
040			_aAIKTC-KRRC _cAIKTC-KRRC
041			_aENG
082			_a720.95456 _bGUP _2DDC23
100			_aGupta, Subhadra Sen _968
245		0	_aFatehpur Sikri: Akbar's magnificent city on a hill
250			_a1st Ed
260			_aNew Delhi _bNiyogi Books _c2013
300			_a244 Pages _bHardbound
520			_aFour centuries ago, a magnificent king built his city of dreams on a hill. And then after a few years he walked away from it, never to return. The reason why Jalaluddin Akbar abandoned the city of Fatehpur Sikri remains a mystery. It is a city, of legends, frozen in time, of a grateful king's act of gratitude to a Sufi saint, and of a warrior who raised a giant gateway as an arrogant symbol of his power. The city saw the most gorgeous gatherings in Akbar's court-the poets Faizi and Abdur Rahim, the historian Abul Fazl, the singers Tansen and Baz Bahadur and courtiers like Man Singh, Birbal and Todar Mal. Few cities reflect the character of its builder like Fatehpur Sikri does; that of a hard headed imperialist who was also genuinely humane and tolerant and embarked on an unusual spiritual quest. To understand Jalaluddin Akbar you have to seek him in the red sandstone shadows of Fatehpur Sikri.
653			_aJEWEL OF THE EMIRE; IMPERIALCENTRE; MATTEROFFAITH; COURTLYCITYFORAKING
942			_cBK _2ddc
650			_aARCHITECUTRE HISTORY (ARC-HIS) _94783