guru-ka-tal

Updated: May 18, 2025

Nearly opposite to this is a large dried-up tank, called the Guru-ka-Tal, which, with the adjacent ruined buildings, are attributed to Sikandar Lodi, one of the Afghan predecessors of the Mogul Emperors, who has given his name to Sikandra. Akbar's Tomb. Akbar's tomb stands in the midst of a vast garden, enclosed by four high battlemented walls.

E. B. Havell - A Handbook to Agra and the Taj: Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood