Indian city of Agra is a city located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh along the Yamuna River. The city of Agra is mentioned in the Mahabharata – the ancient India epic – under the name Agravana, which means “the border of the forest.” In the year 1506, Sultan Sikandar Lodhi was the first to relocate his capital from Delhi to Agra. The first formal Persian garden, known as the “Arambagh”, was created in Agra by Babar, the founder of the Mughal dynasty, on the banks of the Yamuna River.

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