Originally Posted by GUWonder
What do I look like, an architectural analyst?
I'm looking to be corrected myself
, but everything I've looked at in Fatehpur Sikri -- at least the stuff I was told was from around Mughal Emperor Akbar's time -- had design features that wouldn't exist in Mecca unless brought over from India or Central Asia during or after the Mughal period. I'd be curious to find out more about which of the major mosques in Mecca it copied or which major mosque in Mecca is a copy .... if any.
You mean you're not?
I thought you were our resident India expert (or at least I've used your knowledge that way in the past)
Re: Fatehpur Sikri, it was 7 years ago when I was there and I can't remember if it was in a guidebook where I read about the similarity to Mecca or if it was a guide there who told me. If it was a guide there, ignore anything I posted on the subject because (s)he was probably just trying to impress me
I'm unlikely to visit Mecca so I didn't really consider whether the statement could be true but now that you mention it, Fatehpur Sikri didn't look like the pictures of Mecca I've seen on TV... It was still a very impressive place though so I'd still recommend it to the OP.