In the following century, a thriving riverfront garden city developed on both banks of the Yamuna. This included the rebuilding of Agra Fort by Akbar, which was completed in 1573. By the time Jahan ascended to the throne, Agra's population had grown to approximately 700,000 and was, as Abdul Aziz wrote, "a wonder of the age – as much a centre of the arteries of trade both by land and water as a meeting-place of saints, sages and scholars from all Asia...a veritable lodestar for artistic workmanship, literary talent and spiritual worth". Agra became a city centered on its waterfront and developed partly eastwards but mostly westwards from the rich estates that lined the banks. The prime sites remained those that had access to the river and the Taj Mahal was built in this context, but uniquely; as a related complex on both banks of the river. Click image to navigate   Image:Taj site plan.png|800px| rect 61 307 712 935 Moonlight garden (Mahtab Bagh) poly 751 1175 752 944 745 419 720 272 639 86 662 54 703 54 764 38 867 47 967 255 1007 643 1042 871 1034 927 1006 971 1014 1061 1039 1109 1093 1167 1102 1208 1094 1221 1059 1223 876 1218 767 1197 River Yamuna poly 1154 923 1121 923 1113 914 1104 914 1104 622 1117 622 1119 720 1307 721 1308 638 1316 638 1314 623 1334 623 1333 922 1327 915 1316 916 1306 925 1273 925 1271 882 1155 883 Riverfront terrace (Chameli Farsh) poly 1105 604 1104 330 1111 330 1120 320 1155 321 1156 361 1271 361 1270 321 1307 321 1316 329 1328 329 1336 320 1335 621 1315 621 1314 598 1308 598 1308 523 1118 524 1118 622 1106 620 Riverfront terrace (Chameli Farsh) poly 1338 311 1583 311 1583 342 1663 341 1663 312 1914 310 1914 318 1925 325 1935 325 1944 325 1945 578 1925 578 1925 666 1945 666 1945 925 1937 915 1923 915 1915 924 1915 934 1664 932 1664 902 1585 901 1584 932 1335 932 Garden (Charbagh) rect 1155 881 1272 935 Mosque rect 1155 309 1272 360 Jawab rect 1118 524 1307 719 Mausoleum (Rauza-i munauwara) rect 1924 579 1994 664 Great gate (Darwaza-i rauza) rect 1945 310 1960 576 Southern galleries (Iwan Dar Iwan) rect 1944 666 1962 931 Southern galleries (Iwan Dar Iwan) poly 1975 577 1974 545 1965 544 1965 444 2232 445 2232 799 1965 797 1965 695 1976 696 1976 667 1995 667 1996 579 1975 577 1973 545 Forecourt (jilaukhana) rect 2133 310 2232 441 Inner subsidiary tomb (Saheli Burj) rect 2133 802 2232 931 Inner subsidiary tomb (Saheli Burj) rect 1965 312 2074 440 Northern courtyard (Khawasspuras) rect 1965 803 2077 931 Northern courtyard (Khawasspuras) rect 2071 310 2131 452 Bazaar street rect 2076 790 2130 932 Bazaar street rect 2232 310 2936 938 Bazaar and caravanserai (Taj Ganji) poly 1102 1159 1107 945 1120 935 1584 937 1585 1054 1428 1055 1428 1065 1250 1071 1247 1157 Waterworks  desc bottom-left   The Taj Mahal complex can be conveniently divided into five sections:  Levels gradually descend in steps from the Taj Ganji towards the river.