A closer look
When Emperor Babur arrived in India, he was absolutely appalled by the blistering heat and the dust, basically leaving a one-star Yelp review of the local topography. His solution was a staggering feat of imperial ego. He constructed the Ram Bagh, aggressively forcing the landscape to bend to his will using massive stone waterwheels and imported Persian geometric layouts. It wasn’t just about having a nice shady place to take a walk; it was a loud, unignorable propaganda statement. By building an artificial, highly engineered oasis in a brutal climate, Babur was telling his newly conquered subjects that he possessed the literal power of God.
