It was built during the reign of the Sultan Akbar.
It is situated at the junction of the Jumna with the Ganges.
The fortress has been much strengthened with new works by the English.

It serves now as the principal depot of arms in British India.
The palace is a rather ordinary building; only a few of the saloons are remarkable for their interior division.

There are some which are intersected by three rows of columns, forming three adjoining arcades.

In others, a few steps lead into small apartments which are situated in the saloon itself, and resemble large private boxes in theatres.
The palace is now employed as an armoury.

It contains complete arms for 40,000 men, and there is also a quantity of heavy ordnance.
In one of the courts stands a metal column thirty-six feet high, called Feroze-Schachs-Laht, which is very well preserved, is covered with inscriptions, and is surmounted by a lion.
A second curiosity in the fort is a small unimportant temple, now much dilapidated, which is considered as very sacred by the Hindoos.
To their great sorrow they are not allowed to visit it, as the fort is not open to them.