On a recent trip to Northern India, Bay Area architect, artist, and planner Ayub Patel visited Fatehpur Sikri, a hilltop fortress and palace built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great. Akbar was a 16th century Indian ruler from the Islamic Mughal dynasty who conquered and united far flung parts of India, including Hindu and Muslim kingdoms. Patel writes of Fatehpur Sikri:
↧