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We were interested in all the places we saw on this tour; but Agra Akbarabad, as natives always call it, the capital of Akbar, the most remarkable emperor who ever ruled over India had for us, as for all who have visited it, peculiar attractions.
Next day we took train for Agra, which might be called Shah Jehan's "other city," for it was only after building the lovely monument to his queen the Taj Mahal which has made Agra famous all over the world, that he removed to Delhi, or that part of it known as Shahjehanabad. Agra, in fact, first attained its grandeur under Akbar, and is still known among the natives as Akbarabad.
Agra has two histories: one of the ancient city on the east, or left, bank of the river Jumna, going back so far as to be lost in the legends of Krishna and of the heroes of the Mâhabhârata; the other of the modern city, founded by Akbar in A.D. 1558, on the right bank of the river, and among Muhammadans still retaining its name of Akbarabad, which is intimately associated with the romance of the Great Moguls, and known throughout the world as the city of the Taj.
"He changed its old name to Akbarabad, and the natives call it so to this day." "The termination of that name seems to be very common in India, as Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad," added the commander. "In the Hindu, abad means a town or a village; and if you cut off that ending you will find the person or place for whom it was named, as Akbar-abad."
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