Fatehpur Sikri

By December 2, 2012 Travel No Comments

After breakfast, we drove to the Fatehpur Sikri

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There was this guy inside the fort

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That dove into that green water

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Eventually to earn something.  He climbed the wall to where we were to ask for money

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Dad and Tito Joe reenacting Emperor Akbar playing chess here- Apparently the Emperor would use people as the pawns to move around

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The room and bed of the Emperor

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On the side of his bed was a secret passage which led to the quarters of the concubines and they would pass here to get to the Emperor

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Artwork on the wall which has faded already

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Living quarters of the concubines 

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The front is the office that took care of the needs of all the concubines of the emperor

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Moghul earrings design on the walls.  Jewellers would copy this as designs for their jewelry.   Not one is the same

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