This is the room at the Agra Fort where Shah Jahan spent the last eight years of his life, under house arrest by his son Aurangzeb. If you're going to be a prisoner, it might as well be in a palace.
And it does have a lovely view of the Taj Mahal.
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- O'er the ramparts we watched
- Interior details
- Agra Fort
- House arrest
- Welcome to the working week
- Indian morning
- Sunday bird blogging
- Saturday reflections
- The mosque
- Me in Agra
- Don't blame this one on me
- The Taj up close
- I know you already know what it looks like...
- Great Gate detail
- The Great Gate
- Booties
- With regard to the previous post
- The Taj Mahal
- The Road To Agra
- Streets of Jaipur
- Faces of India
- Speaking of not so great pictures...
- Sunday bird blogging
- Chand Baori carvings and reliefs
- More of the architecture close up
- The good seats
- The steps
- Stepwells
- Saturday reflections
- Kesar Kyari Bagh
- More monkeys
- More fun than a balcony of monkeys
- Practical decoration
- Decoration
- Speaking of squinches
- Ganesh Gate
- Amber Fort
- Jantar Mantar in black and white
- The curve of time
- Among the sundials
- Jantar Mantar
- More Nadivalaya yantra
- Astronomy Tuesday
- Above the gates
- The Peacock Gate
- The Rose Gate and the Lotus Gate
- Courtyard of the Beloved
- City Palace
- Random things I saw in Jaipur
- Hawa Mahal
- The Pink City
- Sunday bird blogging
- These are the mosques I really loved
- One more note about size
- Showing the proper respect
- Where did I put my shoes?
- Visiting the mosque
- No more chandeliers
- But then there's this
- And then you go inside
- Some exteriors
- Courtyard
- The Grand Mosque
- Saturday reflections
- Random things I saw in Abu Dhabi
- Scenes from the mall
- Brave
- Random things from the desert barbecue
- I do love camels
- More views
- For of all sad words of tongue or pen
- Sunday bird blogging
- Au revoir
- Last day
- Clocks
- Musée d'Orsay
- Saturday reflections
- Paris
- In transit
- Wadi Rum
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