Taj Mahal - March 2, 2006

The Taj Mahal - March 2, 2006

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March 2nd 2006
The Taj Mahal was built over a period of twenty-two years, ending 1663, by the fifth Mughal ruler, Shah Jahan, as a token of un-abiding love; and in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who passed on birthing their fourteenth child. Both Shah and Mumtaz lay in rest at Taj. I saw Taj and she is simply lovely. I do not mean that she is a lovely building, or edifice or structure; I mean that she is, ... 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