Taj Mahal Was a Red Sandstone Palace
Author: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Published: 2015-11-27
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781988207025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaj Mahal is an architectural landmark of India that is considered one of the seven wonders of the world. It is considered a symbol of pure love that emperor Shah Jahan had for his wife Arjumand Banu Begum also known as Mumtaz Mahal. In the 1960s it was claimed by an Indian writer Purushottam Nagesh Oak that the Taj Mahal was originally a temple palace named Tejo Mahalaya dedicated to Lord Shiva. Oak contended that a palace belonging to king Jai Singh was appropriated by Shah Jahan using the death of Arjumand Banu Begum as an excuse and named Taj Mahal after minor modifications. In the 1980s a piece of wood taken from the Taj Mahal was analyzed by radiocarbon dating and found to be nearly 300 years older than the supposed time of its commissioning by Shah Jahan. Few years ago Prof. Balasubramaniam working at IIT Kanpur showed that the Taj Mahal was designed using Hindu system of measurement. In this book the available information is analyzed to show that the Taj Mahal was a red sandstone palace made in Rajput style which was covered with marble and a false dome was erected on its roof to give it the present look of a white mausoleum.