Fatehpur-Sikri : Sikri was a rocky locality 23 miles west of Agra where the famous Muslim saint Sheikh Salim Chisti had resided. Akbar converted it into a royal town, naming it Fatehpur-Sikri in honour of the saint; it was his capital for about 15 years from 1570. It had to be abandoned because of lack of water.
... the warrior seated on the right, of the flickering lines of the pillar on the left are inherited from an intellectual ancestry whose daily vision was accustomed to the rich decoration of Agra and Fatehpur Sikri or to the fullness and crowded detail which informed the massive work of the old Vedantic artists and builders, Hindu, Jain and Buddhist. Another peculiarity is the fixity and stillness which, ...
... aspiration lifted to a noble austerity which supports and is not lessened by the subordinated ornament and grace. The tombs reach beyond death to the beauty and joy of Paradise. The buildings of Fatehpur-Sikri are not monuments of an effeminate luxurious decadence,—an absurd description for the mind of the time of Akbar,—but give form to a nobility, power and beauty which lay hold upon but do not wallow ...
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