Abdar
Khana is situated to the north of Anup Talao. Though people believe that
it was once used as the girls' hostel, historians put its use as a water
storage house. They state that in the time of purdah system, where women
could not show their face to any stranger, there is no logic behind
housing them in a building in the main palace complex where men were
received because it would have invaded their privacy. It is said that it
was built to store drinking water for Akbar. Akbar drank only water of
River Ganges and thus it was kept preserved for him in the sealed jars
that were cooled using some reagents. The walls of this double storeyed
building are composed of a series of piers and have deep shelves with
arched screens to store water jars and tropical fruits for the king such
as melons, mangoes and grapes.Abdar Khana is believed to have been used as
water storage house.
Abdar Khana
Abdar
Khana is situated to the north of Anup Talao. Though people believe that
it was once used as the girls' hostel, historians put its use as a water
storage house. They state that in the time of purdah system, where women
could not show their face to any stranger, there is no logic behind
housing them in a building in the main palace complex where men were
received because it would have invaded their privacy. It is said that it
was built to store drinking water for Akbar. Akbar drank only water of
River Ganges and thus it was kept preserved for him in the sealed jars
that were cooled using some reagents. The walls of this double storeyed
building are composed of a series of piers and have deep shelves with
arched screens to store water jars and tropical fruits for the king such
as melons, mangoes and grapes.