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Book: C.M Villiers Stuart Gardens of the Great Mughals
Chapter: Chapter 4 The Agra Grape Garden

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The Anguri Bagh has fared better. This garden lies in front of the Khas Mahal and is enclosed on three sides by arcades. It was the principal square of the zenana apartments, and is a typical specimen of an old Mughal garden, laid out in geometrical stone-edged parterres, with four terraced walks radiating from a central chabutra, with a raised fountain tank. A stone trellis formerly enclosed the flower-beds, and is thought by some to have supported vines, but the name of Anguri Bagh (Grape Garden) was more probably derived from the vine pattern decoration in precious stones which Shah Jahan constructed at enormous cost in the corner near the Jasmine Tower.