In every nook and corner of India, we find a large number of historical buildings. We find the remains of ancient temples and forts all over the country right from Kanya Kumari to Kashmir. The temple of sun worship (Martand) in Kashmir is in ruins which was built in the ninth century AD. Thousands of people visit this temple even today. I made up my mind to visit the Allahabad Fort. This fort stands even today in UP at Allahabad though such of its glory has faded. This fort was built in 1583 by Akbar and even then it was a much better fort in design and elegance. It was much better than the fort of Agra. It is triangular in shape, because it lies on the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna. Its red--sandstone walls are as elegant as that of the Agra fort. It had three importance gateways which had high flanking towers. One of these overlooked the Ganga river to the eastern direction, The main gate faced the city and has much heavy out work like that of the Agra fort. This fort marked the expansion of the Mughal empire to the east and was constructed on its eastern frontier. Allahabad was very important in those days. Unfortunately, as I entered the fort, had disappeared and its interior was not as beautiful as it was in earlier times. I found the famous Ashoka pillar standing opposite to the main entrance which shows that once Allahabad was part of the Magadh empire. I found and read out the writing on the pillar and on it is engraved the poetic tribute to the glories of Samudra Gupta, the emperor of Magadh. I found the Patalpuri temple, which is another famous relic or Prayag.