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    The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Begum after her death. It took over 20 years to construct and is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture. The extensive complex covers over 22 hectares and includes gardens, subsidiary tombs, and infrastructure. The white marble domed mausoleum is the most recognizable part of the monument, which uses symmetry, geometry, and the symbolic use of materials in its design.

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    The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Begum after her death. It took over 20 years to construct and is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture. The extensive complex covers over 22 hectares and includes gardens, subsidiary tombs, and infrastructure. The white marble domed mausoleum is the most recognizable part of the monument, which uses symmetry, geometry, and the symbolic use of materials in its design.

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    The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Begum after her death. It took over 20 years to construct and is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture. The extensive complex covers over 22 hectares and includes gardens, subsidiary tombs, and infrastructure. The white marble domed mausoleum is the most recognizable part of the monument, which uses symmetry, geometry, and the symbolic use of materials in its design.

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    The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Begum after her death. It took over 20 years to construct and is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture. The extensive complex covers over 22 hectares and includes gardens, subsidiary tombs, and infrastructure. The white marble domed mausoleum is the most recognizable part of the monument, which uses symmetry, geometry, and the symbolic use of materials in its design.

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    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III TAJ MAHAL

    • The Taj Mahal represents the finest and most


    sophisticated example of Mughal architecture. The
    distraught Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
    commissioned the mausoleum upon the death of
    his favourite wife Mumtaz Begum.

    • Today it is one of the most famous and recognisable


    buildings in the world and the white domed marble
    mausoleum is the most familiar part of the
    monument.
    • Taj Mahal is an extensive complex of buildings and
    gardens that extends over 22.44 hectares and
    includes subsidiary tombs, waterworks
    infrastructure, the small town of 'Taj Ganji' and a
    'moonlight garden' to the north of the river.

    • Construction began in 1632 AD, on the south bank


    of the River Yamuna in Agra, and was substantially
    complete by 1648 AD

    • The architects Ustad Ahmad Lahauri and Mir Abd-


    ul Karim.
    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III TAJ MAHAL
    Concepts, Symbolism and Interpretation
    • This theme, common in most Mughal funerary
    architecture, permeates the entire complex and
    informs the detailed design of all the elements. A
    number of secondary principles also inform the
    design, of which hierarchy is the most dominant.
    • A deliberate interplay is established between the
    building's elements, its surface
    decoration, materials, geometric planning and its
    acoustics.
    • In Dimensional organisation- The Taj complex is
    ordered by grids
    • Symmetry and geometric planning played an
    important role in ordering the complex.
    • In the Taj Mahal, the hierarchical use of red
    sandstone and white marble contributes manifold
    symbolic significance
    • Red sandstone also had significance in the Persian origins of the Mughal empire. In the Taj
    Mahal the relative importance of each building in the complex is denoted by the amount of
    white marble (or sometimes white polished plaster) that is used.

    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III TAJ MAHAL


    Taj Ganj
    • The area directly outside of the
    forecourt is known today as Taj
    Ganj.

    • It was once a large teeming


    bazaar with stalls containing gems
    and other luxuries.

    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III TAJ MAHAL


    Forecourt
    •The Taj Mahal is split into three sections
    and the forecourt is the second in
    importance.
    •The other two sections are; the main
    mausoleum area, and the Taj Ganj.
    •The imposing sandstone gateway is the
    main entrance to the mausoleum.
    •The Fore Court is enveloped by a red
    sandstone wall that consisted of 128 shops.

    Also called the Jilokhana or Chowk-i-


    Jilaukhana

    ForeCourt of the Taj Mahal that was lined by


    128 shops in the past

    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III TAJ MAHAL


    Taj Mahal Exterior

    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III TAJ MAHAL

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