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Agra fort stands on an ancient site just by the river Jamuna. It was a brick fort and Chauhan rajputs held it. It is mentioned for the first time in 1080 when a ghaznavide force captured it. Sikandar Lodi (1487-1517) was the first sultan of Delhi who shifted to Agra and lived in the fort. He governed the country from here and Agra assumed the prominence of a second capital. He died in the fort in 1517 and his son Ibrahim Lodi held it for 9 years until he was defeated and killed at Panipat in 1526. Several palaces, wells and a mosque were built in the fort during the Lodi period.