History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c21.62

v2.c21.62

Samugarh described. As the Jumna sweeps eastwards by Agra Fort and the Taj, some eight miles down the stream we have the ferry of Raipur, and opposite it, on the southern bank, the village of Imadpur, with some fine mansions built by Shah Jahan for his residence when out hunting. (These are probably represented by the Badshahi Mahal of the modern maps.) One mile east of them stands the village of Samugarh, containing the ruins of Jahangir’s hunting-lodge. East and south of Samugarh, as far as the bend of the Jumna, stretches a wide plain[^ *], a fit arena for the decisive combat for the lordship of Agra.