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Babur’s Lotus Garden or Bagh-i-Nilufur is locally known as Badshahi Bagh. On his way to Gwalior, Babur camped at Dholpur on 24 August 1528 and struck by the beauty of the hills, he ordered for construction of a garden. Ustad Shah Mohammad, a stone-
Babur’s Lotus Garden or Bagh-i-Nilufur is locally known as Badshahi Bagh. On his way to Gwalior, Babur camped at Dholpur on 24 August 1528 and struck by the beauty of the hills, he ordered for construction of a garden. Ustad Shah Mohammad, a stone-cutter, was ordered to level the rocks and cut out a foliated octagonal tank (diameter 8.8 m) and smaller lotus shaped pounds, connected with water channels out of a single outcrop of the rock.. Other structures are hammam, a standing octagonal well with radiating chutes, a structural complex and Sikander Lodi’s bund on the reservoir to the west of the village
