The author of this outstanding article on the Taj Mahal, Shantanu Bhagwat, is not happy with our reposting of his content from The Times of India series, so we have given the links to the original article below. Visitors are encouraged to access the TOI article and learn about the real history of the building of the Taj Mahal. – Admin
The Times of India article links:
- Part One: Re-examining history
- Part Two: The making of the Taj
- Part Three: The leaking domes and clueless master builders
- Part Four: The Taj & Badshahnama: Is this the smoking gun?
- Part Five: Was the Taj Mahal really built to be a tomb?
Taj Mahal Site Plan: The Taj Mahal complex can be conveniently divided into 5 sections: 1. The ‘moonlight garden’ to the north of the river Yamuna. 2. The river front terrace, containing the Mausoleum, Mosque and Jawab. 3. The Charbagh garden containing pavilions. 4. The Jilaukhana containing accommodation for the tomb attendants and two subsidiary tombs. 5. The Taj Ganji, originally a bazaar and caravanserai only traces of which are still preserved. The great gate lies between the Jilaukhana and the garden. Levels gradually descend in steps from the Taj Ganji towards the river.
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Swamy: Taj Mahal sits on stolen property – Times of India – New Delhi – Oct 20, 2017
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said he has access to documents that suggest the property where Taj Mahal was built was stolen by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan from kings of Jaipur.
“There is evidence on record that Shah Jahan forced the Raja-Maharajas of Jaipur to sell the land on which Taj Mahal is standing, and he gave them a compensation of forty villages, which is nothing compared to the property’s value,” Swamy told reporters.
He added he will release the copies of the evidence to the media soon.
“The documents also suggest that there was a temple on the property. But it is still not clear whether Taj Mahal was built after the demolition of a temple,” asserted Swamy.
He further said that the BJP has no intention of demolishing Taj Mahal, but only want three temples out of thousands demolished under the Muslim rule. “We want only three, which are Ayodhya’s Ram, Krishna’s Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi. These three, once they are restored, we won’t be concerned about the remaining forty thousand,” said Swamy
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