A History of Agriculture in India v2.c68.s2: Char-Bagh at Dholpur
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c68.s2
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Char-Bagh at Dholpur
v2.c68.s2.1
After consolidating his power in the North, he thought of conquering Gwalior fort.
v2.c68.s2.2
On his way to Gwalior, Babur camped at Dholpur. He was struck by the beauty of the hills, and ordered the construction of a *char-bagh*. Babur records, 'North of the tank, the ground is thick with trees, mangoes, jaman, all sorts of trees; amongst them I had ordered a well made 10' × 10' (3 m × 3 m). Its water goes to the above-named tank. To the north of this tank, Sultan Sikander's dam is flying across the valley; on it houses have been built, and above it the waters of the rains gather into a great lake. On the east of this lake is a garden. I ordered a seat and a four-pillared platform to be cut out in solid rock on that same side.'
v2.c68.s2.3
Babur died on 26 December 1530 at the age of about forty-seven, after prolonged illness of more than six months. He was buried in Bagh Guli-Afshan, later on renamed Aram-bagh, on the banks of the Jumna at Agra. Between A.D. 1540 and A.D. 1544, when India was ruled by Sher Shah Suri, his body was transported to Kabul and buried in Bagh-e-Kalan, where he had rested during his stay in Kabul under the shade of planes and oaks, and admired the mauve blossoms of arghwān.