The biography of Akbar shows us without any doubt that
Akbar did not build Fatehpore Sikri. He was a womanizer and a tyrant. He ran a
tight budget since he was at battle every single year of his life; battles
which were targeted to plunder wealth. His biography indicates the repulsive practice
of transporting women in gilded cages. Such a man, could have never constructed
such a magnificent city. Moreover, the eyewitness accounts of European
travelers state that, they did not witness any large scale construction. The
time frame of the construction is too short even in the modern era proving that,
Akbar could never have constructed this beautiful city in just 16 years. The
stingy attitude of Akbar to abandon the city in 1585 when the lake near the
city burst proves that he didn’t build the city because he never undertook
measures to fix the problem. Surely an emperor who had resources to build a
magnificent city could have allocated funds to repair the lake.
Our final proof comes from the Baburnama, the chronicles of
Akbar’s grandfather. Babur’s army were attacked by Rajputs near a city called
Vijaypur at exactly the same location as present day fatehpur Sikri. The
words Vijaypur and Fatehpur both mean, “The City Of Victory”. Sikarwar
Rajputs established Vijaipur Sikri in 823 AD, during the time of Rana
Bhatribhat the Emperor of Chitor. Babur changed its name to 'Fatehpur Sikri'
after the 'Battle of Kanhua' in 1527 AD. (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikarwar)
Recent excavations at Sikri has
also yielded antique pieces, statues, and structures which point to a lost
"culture and religious site, more than 1,000 years old. The statues
recovered from the excavation were a thousand years old of Bhagwan Adi Nath,
Bhagwan Rishabh Nath, Bhagwan Mahavir and Jain Yakshinis. The findings show
that, fatehpore Sikri was a Jain pilgrimage site. Scores of damaged staues were
piled up inside a pond. Akbar only renovated a few structures. Bhanu Pratap
Singh said the Fatehpur Sikri area was under the Sikarwar Rajputs, who had many
structures and palaces, including a fort and temples, which were either demolished
or suitably modified by the Mughals and before them by the Muslim rulers.
Fatehpur Sikri was earlier Vijay Pur, according to the ASI`s DV Sharma. (Ref: http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/fatehpur-sikri-was-once-a-jain-pilgrimage-centre-book_831821.html)
Unfortunately, the ASI without any explanation have stopped further excavations
at Sikri. The secret continues to lie buried beneath Sikri.
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