The history of #Agra before the #Muslim conquest is shrouded in Obscurity. The only reference to it is one by the #PersianPoet, Salman who died in 1131,A.D. It is stated that #Mahmud so ruined Agra, which had been a great Hindu strong hold since the days of #Kans, that it did not recover. In the great epic, #Mahabharat, there is a reference to #Agraban and this may well be Agra. Sikandarlodi who made #Agra his capital in the year 1501 A.D. Built a fort and laid out a city.