Fathepur Sikri is a wonderland of a city built by the Mogul emperor Akbar in the middle of the 16th century. Constructed as a sort of ideal city, it has a number of fantastic buildings made of rich coloured reddish sandstone. The construction techniques imitate wooden architecture, so that, as in this picture, you have a series of exposed ‘beams’ carved into complex forms as in old wooden palaces or temples. It’s one of the must-see things in India. For me, even better than the more famous Taj Mahal.