Continuity in Urban Planning: From Pataliputra to Mughal Agra (c.4th century BCE–17th century CE)

1. Pataliputra becomes Mauryan imperial capital

   Jan 1, 321 BCELabels: Pataliputra, Mauryan Empire

   • Britannica

2. Megasthenes describes Pataliputra’s timber defenses

   Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Megasthenes, Pataliputra

   • Strabo
   • Wiki Mauryan

3. Sikandar Lodi rebuilds Agra and shifts administration

   Jan 1, 1504Labels: Sikandar Lodi, Agra

   • Agra

4. Babur establishes Aram Bagh, an early Mughal garden

   Jan 1, 1526Labels: Babur, Aram Bagh

   • Aram Bagh

5. Akbar commissions a rebuilt Agra Fort complex

   Jan 1, 1565Labels: Akbar, Agra Fort

   • Britannica
   • Agra Fort

6. Akbar founds Fatehpur Sikri as a planned imperial city

   Jan 1, 1571Labels: Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri

   • Britannica Akbar
   • ASI Sikri

7. Agra Fort reconstruction reaches completion under Akbar

   Jan 1, 1573Labels: Akbar, Agra Fort

   • Agra Fort
   • Britannica

8. Fatehpur Sikri is largely abandoned as court shifts

   Jan 1, 1585Labels: Fatehpur Sikri

   • Britannica Akbar
   • Fatehpur Sikri

9. Shah Jahan begins shifting Mughal capital from Agra

   Jan 1, 1638Labels: Shah Jahan, Agra

   • Agra Fort
   • Red Fort

10. Red Fort commissioned as the core of Shahjahanabad

    May 12, 1639Labels: Red Fort, Shah Jahan

    • Red Fort
    • Shahjahanabad

11. Shahjahanabad and Red Fort completed as a walled capital

    Jan 1, 1648Labels: Shahjahanabad, Red Fort

    • Shahjahanabad
    • Red Fort

12. Chandni Chowk established as a planned market spine

    Jan 1, 1650Labels: Chandni Chowk, Shahjahanabad

    • Chandni Chowk
    • Shahjahanabad

13. Archaeology reveals Pataliputra’s wooden palisade line

    Jan 1, 1895Labels: Pataliputra, Bulandi Bagh

    • Bulandi Bagh
    • Wiki Mauryan

14. Kumrahar excavation brings 80-pillar hall to light

    Jan 1, 1912Labels: Kumrahar, Eighty Pillared

    • Kumhrar
    • Kumhrar Park