Aram Bagh
Mughal garden with stone terraces, water channels, marble pavilions, and an underground cool room.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Aram Bagh in Agra traces the garden Emperor Babur laid out on the Yamuna's bank in 1526, the water-channeled quarters he imposed on a land he found too hot and too flat, and the illness that struck him not long after. You'll hear about the terraces, fountains and pavilions added by his descendants, including the underground cool room built for his great-grandson Jahangir's wife Nur Jahan. Listen for how the garden's original Mughal layout survives beneath a later name.
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