Painting

This illustration from the Akbarnama depicts a stage in the construction of the new royal city of Fathpur ('City of Victory', and later known as Fathpur Sikri) in 1571. In 1571, after the births of his sons Salim and Murad, Akbar issued an order for a great city to be constructed at Sikri, 38 kilometers east of Agra.

Kind

artefact

Date

1585–1595 CE