The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.163

v4.c15.163

On 23 September he again set out on his annual pilgrimage to Ajmer, halting for twelve days at Fathpur Sīkrī, where he had resolved to found a city. On reaching Ajmer he improved and extended the fortifications of the city and had palaces built for himself and his leading courtiers, granting to others villages in the Ajmer district, the revenues of which would enable them to build themselves houses in the city. He left Ajmer on 3 November and on 5 November reached Nāgaur. Here he cleaned out and repaired one of the three great reservoirs on which the town had depended for its former prosperity and constructed a fountain with seventeen jets, which is still in existence.