Akbar’s Mausoleum is five stories high, built mostly of red sandstone, decorated with geometric shapes and floral and calligraphic work on white marble panels. The structure’s exterior features several chhatris (elevated domed pavilions). The impressive large south gate is the entrance to the mausoleum. It is topped by four white marble minarets. The top story of the pyramidal building is also of marble and contains the false cenotaph, with the 99 attributes of Allah carved from a single block of marble. The true tomb lay beneath the first floor of the mausoleum.
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