Taj Mahal,one of the seven wonders of world in Agra, western Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahān to immortalize his wife Mumtaz Mahal with construction starting in 1632 AD and completed in 1648 AD with the mosque, the guest house(Mehman Khana).The Taj Mahal is considered to be the greatest architectural achievement in the whole range of Indo-Islamic architecture.The building material used is brick-in-lime mortar veneered with red sandstone and marble and inlay work of precious/semi precious stones. The mosque and the guest house in the Taj Mahal complex are built of red sandstone in contrast to the marble tomb in the centre.
The Agra Fort, also known as the Lal-Qila,Qila-i-Akbari, is the highlight of the city of Agra, then capital of the Mughal Sultanate.The fort comprises several palaces, halls, and other monuments built at different points of time in history include Jahangir Mahal,Jahangir‘s Hauz,Khas Mahal,Akbari Mahal,Diwani-i-aam,Diwani-i-khaas etc.
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