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The lower wall has a battlemented parapet with oblong stone merlons sloping outward to prevent scaling. Embrasures and machicolations are positioned at regular intervals. Massive circular bastions project from the higher wall, which is lined by pointed merlons, provided with embrasures and machicolations and embellished with several string courses. The result is a strong military structure that is also a work of great architectural beauty. A broad deep moat runs along the city side of the outer wall. Two drawbridges provided access to the Delhi Gate, on the west, which served as the main entrance, and the Akbar Gate (known later as the Amar Singh Gate) on the south. The buildings within the fort are arranged so that those that the public was permitted to enter are nearer the Delhi Gate, while the more private apartments are situated along the eastern wall overlooking the river. Among the few surviving structures that probably date from the reign of Emperor Akbar are the Akbari Mahal and the Jahangiri Mahal in the south-eastern corner of the fort. Both are trabeated structures of red sandstone. Each has a large courtyard approached through a bent entrance, for security and the seclusion of women. The lower portion of the outer wall of these apartments on the river side is composed of thick stone masonry, while the upper part has ashlar headers and stretchers in typical Mughal fashion, indicating that Akbar may have built on older foundations. Much of the Akbari Mahal, the simpler and probably the earlier of the two, has been destroyed, although the range of apartments on the east of the courtyard survives. 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You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use."},{"label":"Public Note","value":"Volume 07: India Page 11"},{"label":"Metadata Status","value":["Metadata reviewed by Metadata Services staff."]},{"label":"Physical Location of Original","value":"Kranzberg Art&Arch Library Spec Oversize NA202 St8 4o v.1-19"},{"label":"Copyright Status","value":["No Known Copyright"]},{"label":"Identifier","value":"rsv07p11"},{"label":"Visibility_Controlled","value":["Full access (Allow downloads)"]},{"label":"Link to External Resource","value":"https://library.washu.edu/spec/19th-century-architectural-photography-collection/"}],"description":"Agra, Elephant gate of fort","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/washu/iiif/96a66be3-23ef-4975-863d-1768d869d00e/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Agra, Elephant gate of fort","height":5205,"width":6403,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/washu/iiif/96a66be3-23ef-4975-863d-1768d869d00e/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":null,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/washu/iiif/96a66be3-23ef-4975-863d-1768d869d00e","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":2048,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":5205,"width":6403},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/washu/iiif/96a66be3-23ef-4975-863d-1768d869d00e/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/washu/iiif/96a66be3-23ef-4975-863d-1768d869d00e/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/washu/iiif/96a66be3-23ef-4975-863d-1768d869d00e/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/washu/iiif/logo"}