How built Taj Mahal?

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jayaraman

The TÄj Mahal is a monument located in Agra, India, at 27Â° 10'28.67"N, 78Â° 2'32.05"E, constructed between 1631 and 1654 by a workforce of 22,000. The Mughal Emperor ShÄh JahÄn commissioned its construction as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, who is better known as MumtÄz. The Taj Mahal (sometimes called "the Taj") is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Indian and Islamic. The Taj Mahal has achieved special note because of the romance of its inspiration. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar part of the monument, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures.-

TAJMAHAL WAS BUILT-

Building the TAJ MAHAL commenced about 1632. More than 20,000 workers were employed from India, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and Europe to complete the mausoleum itself by about 1638-39; the adjunct buildings were finished by 1643, and decoration work continued until at least 1647. Construction of the 42-acre (17-hectare) complex spanned 22 years at a cost between four and five million rupees.---Refer Encyclopaedia Britannica.

vakayil k

Taj Mahalt was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess. She died while accompanying her husband in Burhanpur in a campaign to crush a rebellion after giving birth to their 14th child. The death so crushed the emperor that all his hair and beard were said to have grown snow white in a few months.

When Mumtaz Mahal was alive, she extracted four promises from the emperor: first, that he build the Taj; second, that he should marry again; third, that he be kind to their children; and fourth, that he visit the tomb on her death anniversary. He kept the first and second promises. Construction began in 1631 and was completed in 22 years. Twenty thousand people were deployed to work on it. The material was brought in from all over India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to transport it to the site. It was designed by the Iranian architect Ustad Isa and it is best appreciated when the architecture and its adornments are linked to the passion that inspired it. It is a "symbol of eternal love".

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pinkylittledute

taj mahal the great monument was built by the great emperor shahjahan
when shahjahan's wife mumtaj mahal died in her memory the taj mahal was built
it took about 20 years to built on the place where mumtaj mahal was burried

Neo

See the details by your self--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#History

rockraikar

There is a controversy over who built the TAJ.
P.N.Oak, a researcher says that it is a hindu monument.
Go through the following link for further details...
http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate/tejo.html

Harinder S. Johal

Shah jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaj Mahal

Keiko

"The Mughal Emperor ShÄh JahÄn commissioned its construction as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, who is better known as MumtÄz."

CALL ME ANYTHING U WANT

Some 20,000 workmen employed by emperor shah jahan

Lynne

If you mean WHO then it was built by by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess. She died while accompanying her husband in Burhanpur in a campaign to crush a rebellion after giving birth to their 14th child.

ben.

Bob Dole...

Stunner_cool

The Mughal emperor Shahjahan built the Taj Mahal in fond memory of his late wife Mumtaz. It took 20 years to built that lovely monument.

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