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TAJ MAHAL (1631-48) |
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Section 6, top margin D, left margin b |
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There was once a kind of bazaar called "Taj
Ganj" located right outside the Taj's main entry gate |
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Visitors enter the Taj complex through a
massive red sandstone gate faced with white marble |
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The Taj's mosque has a lovely white marble
mihrab |
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Some early engravings |
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Some early photos |
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Classic views, in modern visitors' photos |
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The calligraphy and inlay work that ornament
the Taj's white marble walls |
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An unforgettably beautiful marble latticework
screen surrounds the two tombs themselves |
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The view said to have been Shah Jahan's,
during the years he was imprisoned in the Agra Fort across the river |
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Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal have become
popular as a symbolic, romanticized pair of lovers |
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Needless to say, the Taj is ideal material
for posters and other media |
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Qawwali performers at the Taj |
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Try a search for "taj mahal"... |
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