The Minar

Tajmahal, Indian Saga Of Love

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May 5th 2009
Right from my childhood I always heard about this manument which was constructed Emperor Sahajahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. While the white domed marble and tile mausoleum is most familiar, Taj Mahal is an integrated complex of structures that was completed around 1648. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri is generally considered as the principal designer of Taj Mahal. The marble dome tha ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more