The Taj Mahal is a stunning ivory-white marble mausoleum in Agra, India. It was built in 1631 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It took 22 years to finish and cost a whopping ...

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The Taj Mahal was built out of white marble by the Mughal emperor of India to house his wife’s tomb. The UNESCO World Heritage Center refers to the building — which took over two decades to complete — ...

The Taj Mahal was built in the 1630s by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658), in memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The monument also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.

When Shah Jahan died in 1966 he was buried in the Taj Mahal next to his wife. The mausoleum was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for being "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the ...

The Mughal empire, which ruled India from 1526 and 1858, reached its pinnacle under emperor Shah Jahan, who commissioned the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra as a mausoleum for his wife and built a wealth ...

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