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175: 183: 672: 33: 329: 284:, where pathways and canals divide the garden to represent the Islamic ideal of paradise, an abundant garden through which rivers flow. The Aram Bagh provides an example of a variant of the charbagh in which water cascades down three terraces in a sequence of cascades. Two viewing pavilions face the 174: 332: 257:). It was later renamed as Aram Bagh or the ‘Garden of Rest’. When the Marathas came to power in Agra between 1774 to 1803, they changed the name from ‘Aram Bagh’ to ‘Ram Bagh’, and the name has remained ever since. 402: 288:
river and incorporates a subterranean 'tahkhana' which was used during the hot summers to provide relief for visitors. The garden has numerous water courses and fountains.
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waited in the garden in early March 1621 for the most astrologically auspicious hour for him to enter Agra after he took the
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proposed to his third wife, who was a gardener there, by lying idle for 6 days until she agreed to marry him.
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When Emperor Babur laid out this garden, he named it ‘Bāgh-i-Gul Afshān’ (
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Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1834). "poetical illustration and picture".
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The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra
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Chhatri
Botanical garden
Agra
Coordinates
27°12′20.347″N 78°2′15.9″E / 27.20565194°N 78.037750°E / 27.20565194; 78.037750 (Aram Bagh, Agra)
Babur
Monument of National Importance


Mughal Garden
Emperor Babur
first Mughal Emperor
Taj Mahal
Agra
India
Kabul
Akbar
Persian garden
Jumna
Jahangir
Fort of Kangra
Nur Jahan
Thomas Shotter Boys
Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Jahara Baug, Agra


"Agra beyond the Taj: Exploring tombs and gardens on the left bank of Yamuna"

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