The role of the Yamuna in the layout of the new Mughal city at Shahjahanabad was:
(i) The imperial palace commanded the front of river Yamuna in the new city of Shahjahanabad in Delhi.
(ii) Only specially favoured nobles, like Shah Jahan'* eldest son Dara Shukoh were given access to the river.
(iii) All others had to construct their homes in the city away from the River Yamuna.
(iv) The access to the river Yamuna for the nobles was controlled by developing architectural form in which the white marble mausoleum was placed on a terrace by the edge of the river and the garden was to its south.
