Sunday, June 08, 2014
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal
is the epitome of Mughal art and one of the most famous buildings in
the world. Yet there have been few serious studies of it and no full
analysis of its architecture and meaning. Ebba Koch, an important
scholar, has been permitted to take measurements of the complex and has
been working on the palaces and gardens of Shah Jahan for thirty years and on the Taj Mahal itself—the tomb of the emperor's wife, Mumtaz Mahal—for a decade.
The tomb is the representation of the house of the queen in Paradise,
and its setting was based on the palace gardens of the great nobles
that lined both sides of the river at Agra India.
You will explore the entire complex of the Taj Mahal with an
explanation of each building and an account of the mausoleum's urban
setting, its design and construction, its symbolic meaning, and its
history up to the present day.
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