TAJ MAHAL

WONDER OF THE WORLD

IT IS A COMPLEX BUILDING BUILT BETWEEN 1631 AND 1654 IN THE CITY

OF AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, THE BANKS OF THE RIVER YAMUNA,
EMPEROR MUSLEM SHAH JAHAN BY DYNASTY MUGHAL.
IN 1983, HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

CITY OF AGRA

CONSTRUCTION
THE
TAJ
MAHAL
IS
AN
EXAMPLE
OFMUGHAL
ARCHITECTURE A MIXTURE OF BUILDING DESIGN IDEAS
FROMISLAMICINDIAN,PERSIAN(OLD
IRAN),
MUSLEMSAND ARTS.
THE ENORMOUS TAJ MAHAL WITH A DOME HEIGHT OF
240 FEET WHICH CARRIES APPROXIMATELY TWELVE
THOUSAND TONS WAS ENRICHED WITH LOVABLE
GARDENS. THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WAS A BLEND OF
HINDU AND MUSLIM TO THIS DAY IT IS NOT KNOWN
WHO THE ARCHITECT WAS.
THE TAJ MAHAL WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH MATERIALS
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND OVER 20,000 PEOPLE
PARTICIPED IN THE CONSTRUCTION.

 AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS CONSTRUCTION WITH

THE BEST MATERIALS:
>> FINE AND WHITE MARBLE QUARRIE - JODHPUR,
>> JADE AND CRYSTAL - CHINA,
>> TURQUOISE - TIBET,
>> LAPISLAZULI - AFGANISTAN,
>> CHRYSOLITE - EGYPT,
>> AGATE - YEMEN,
>> SAPPHIRES - CEYLON,
>> AMETHYSTS - PERSIA,
>> CORAL - ARABIA,
>> MALACHITE - RUSSIA,
>> QUARTZ - HIMALAYAN,
>> DIAMONDS GOLCONDA,
>> AMBER - INDIAN OCEAN.

DESIGN
FORMAL ELEMENTS
FORMAL AND DECORATIVE ELEMENTS. THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE MAUSOLEUM
REFLECTED IN ALL THE BUILDINGS:

1. FINIAL
2. LOTUS DECORATION
3. ACEBOLLADA DOME
4. DRUM
5. GULDASTA
6. CHATTRI
7. BORDERS
8. CALLIGRAPHY
9. ARCHES OR PORTALS
10.GIVEN

SMOOTH OF TAJ MAHAL

1. GARDEN MOONLIGHT
2. RIVER YAMUNA
3. MINARETS
4. MAUSOLEUM
5. MAY MOSQUE
6. JABAZ
7. CHARBAGH (GARDENS)
8. DARWAZA (STRONG ACCESS)
9. EXTERNAL PATIOS
10.EXPLANDA THE MAIN ACCESS
11.SECONDARY TOMBS
12.HOME MAIN ACCESS
13.TAJ GANJI

TODAY IS ONE OF THE "SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD"

BUT WILL ALWAYS SYMBOLIZING GREATEST ....

INSIDE PART AT MONUMENT

ONSIDE PART AT MONUMENT

DIFFERENTS DESIGN USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION

DARWAZAOF ACCESS TAJ MAHAL

THEMASJID,THE MEZQUITA

INSIDE OF THE MEZQUITA

THE MAUSOLEUM PRINCIPAL

BEAUTIFUL HISTORY OF LOVE

QUEEN SHAH JAHAN AND EMPEROR MUMTAZ MAHAL LIVED A

GREAT LOVE ...

QUEEN MUMTAZ MAHAL NOT RESIST BIRTH OF HIS SON 14TH. BUT
HIS DEATH BED, QUEEN KING ASKED HER TO THESE FOUR FAILED
PROMISES:

A. TO BUILD A MONUMENT IN HIS MEMORY WITHOUT EQUAL IN

THE WORLD;
B. TO MARRY AGAIN SE;
C. IT WAS GOOD WITH HER CHILDREN;
D. TO VISIT HIS GRAVE EACH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.

SHAH JAHAN CONSTRUCTION BEGAN RAUZA (TOMB), AND

SUMMONED CONSTRUCTION ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER
YAMUNA IN 1631

TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE WORKED IN THE

WORKS FOR 22 YEARS (TO 1653).

SHAPING A WHITE MARBLE AN ARCHITECTURE THAT

FUSES
THE HINDU TRADITION WITH PERSIANMUSLIM.

MATERIALS WERE TRANSPORTED FROM MAKRANA

300 MILES AWAY BY ELEPHANTS 1000.

PRECIOUS STONES WERE BROUGHT FROM BAGHDAD, CHINA,

AFGHANISTAN, TIBET, EGYPT, PERSIA, YEMEN, RUSSIA AND THE
INSIDE DECORATING FOR CEYLAN AND OUTSIDE OF THIS TOMB.

HOWEVER, THIS MAMMOTH EFFORT HAD A HIGH

COST TO SHAH JAHAN CRAZED THAT LIVED FOR
YOUR TRIBUTE OF LOVE.

ECONOMIC RUIN ELOQUENT CAUSED BY LOSS

OF RISE BUILDING HIS THRONE.

ONE
OF
THEIR
CHILDREN
AURANGZEB
OVERTHREW SHAH JAHAN AND LOCKED HIS
STRONG FATHER IN AGRA

SHAH JAHAN HAPPENED THERE THE REST

OF YOUR LIFE, FROM BARS CONTEMPLATE.

..THE MARVELOUS WORK IS DEDICATED

TO HER LIFE AND EMPIRE

AND THAT IS EVEN MORE

GREAT MEMORIAL INDIA

TODAY

THIS HUGE MAUSOLEO, BUILT AS A

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE BELOVED
WIFE OF EMPEROR

IT IS REALLY SHAH JAHAN GIFT TO ALL MANKIND

STORIES OF THE COURT INDICATED THAT THE NAME OF "TAJ MAHAL"

USUALLY TRANSLATED AS "THE CROWN PALACE" O "CROWN PALACE"

THIS HUGE MAUSOLEO, BUILT AS A

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE
BELOVED WIFE OF EMPEROR

MONUMENT TO LOVE