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Akbari architecture
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<p> Akbar’s architecture refers to the style of <a href="/facts/Indo-Islamic_architecture/kNW7twFM">Indo-Islamic architecture</a> conceived during the reign of <a href="/facts/Mughal_Empire/yRg2kAy5">Mughal</a> Emperor <a href="/facts/Akbar/e92T534P">Akbar</a> using elite Indic architectural vocabulary. His successors further added to this style, leading to the unique and individualistic style of <a href="/facts/Mughal_architecture/nC0bQTXE">Mughal architecture</a>. Some examples of this style are <a href="/facts/Humayun%2527s_Tomb/UTdmxo6S">Humayun's Tomb</a>, which was the first of a long succession of garden-tombs (and a predecessor of the <a href="/facts/Taj_Mahal/fNCuLPX7">Taj Mahal</a>), the <a href="/facts/Agra_Fort/eBdMd17S">Agra Fort</a>, the <a href="/facts/Allahabad_Fort/ofPQMpGU">Allahabad Fort</a>, the <a href="/facts/Lahore_Fort/5jnXtvWT">Lahore Fort</a>, the abandoned city of <a href="/facts/Fatehpur_Sikri/hJ6dpfnS">Fatehpur Sikri</a> and <a href="/facts/Akbar%2527s_Tomb/wL2rHCaz">Akbar's own tomb</a>. </p><p>Fusion of Indian and Islamic features as multiplicity </p>