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Book Synopsis Taj Mahal Was a Red Sandstone Palace by : Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Download or read book Taj Mahal Was a Red Sandstone Palace written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taj 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.
Download or read book Taj Mahal written by Caroline Arnold and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the love story behind the building of the Taj Mahal in India, discussing how it was constructed and providing information on Indian culture.
Download or read book Taj Mahal written by Elizabeth Mann and published by Mikaya Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The well-illustrated story of the building of the Taj Mahal, one of the world's most beautiful monuments, and the Mughal dynasty in India whose 5th emperor built it.
Book Synopsis The Taj Mahal: A History by : John David Cooper
Download or read book The Taj Mahal: A History written by John David Cooper and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has seen photographs of the Taj Mahal. The massive, bulbous central dome, the four slender minarets, the shimmering marble, the long reflecting pool, the manicured gardens - all seem too striking for adequate description and proper appreciation. But there is more to the Taj than its beauty. The world's best-known mausoleum celebrates the love story of the seventeenth-century Moghul emperor Shah Jahan and his queen, Mumtaz Mahal. They fell in love at first sight and were married for nineteen years. She ruled at his side as almost an equal, but her death in childbirth in 1631 left him wild with grief and determined to build a monument to their devotion. Behind this romantic tale is the saga of the Moghul emperors who swept into North India only a century earlier. By the time of Shah Jahan, they had established an absolute monarchy comparable to Louis XIV's. The Moghul court was rich, cruel, and omnipotent. As descendants of Tamerlane and Genghis Khan, they relished bloody combat, savage sports, and hideous torture of their victims. In the absence of primogeniture, brother fought brother for the throne - it was the law of the “throne or coffin.” But less than a century after Shah Jahan was deposed by his ruthless son, the dynasty was in decline and ripe for conquest by Great Britain. For a time, it seemed like the Taj - like the Moghuls - would vanish. Only in the twentieth century was the Taj restored to something of its former glory. Here is the dramatic and often tragic story of the Taj and the men and women of the dynasty that created it.
Book Synopsis Where Is the Taj Mahal? by : Dorothy Hoobler
Download or read book Where Is the Taj Mahal? written by Dorothy Hoobler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the love story behind the creation of one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world. The Taj Mahal may look like a palace, but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal. It had been love at first sight and for nineteen years they were so inseparable that Mumtaz even accompanied Shah Jahan to battlefields. When she died suddenly giving birth to their fourteenth child, the emperor set about building a magnificent memorial to his wife. Everything about the Taj was perfectly planned, from the white marble walls that shimmer in the sunlight and sparkle by moonlight, to the countless decorative flowers made from precious gems that still astound visitors today. Recent discoveries at the site make this a timely account of a timeless monument.
Download or read book Taj Mahal, The written by Sara Green and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agra, India, is home to one of the most famous monuments in the world. The Taj Mahal rises 240 feet over the city, its white marble dome visible from miles around! This title for young readers explores the history of the famous building, from how and why it was built to what it’s used for today. Leveled text and beautiful photos highlight the main points of the historic monument, and special features such as a map, a timeline, a comparison graphic, and a pop culture connect further showcase why the Taj Mahal is a wonder of the modern world!
Download or read book Taj Mahal written by Ashley Gish and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book provides an up-close look at the Taj Mahal. Young readers will learn about the history and construction of the structure, as well as what the site is like today.
Book Synopsis Tāj Mahal by : Cynthia Kennedy Henzel
Download or read book Tāj Mahal written by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the Taj Mahal in India, the crown palace of the Mughal dynasty.
Book Synopsis The Taj Mahal by : Lesley A. DuTemple
Download or read book The Taj Mahal written by Lesley A. DuTemple and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the history of the creation of the Taj Mahal, built as a tomb and memorial for the wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
Book Synopsis Taj Mahal and the Saga of the Great Mughals by : John Lall
Download or read book Taj Mahal and the Saga of the Great Mughals written by John Lall and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Real Round-the-world Pocket Guide-book ... by : William Harman Black
Download or read book The Real Round-the-world Pocket Guide-book ... written by William Harman Black and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taj Mahal written by Amina Okada and published by Abbeville Publishing Group. This book was released on 1993-10-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sumptuously illustrated portrait of perhaps the most fascinating architectural marvel of all time. Built between 1632 and 1643 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his deceased wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal is unquestionably the most renowned mausoleum in the world. Now this legendary monument to love can be seen as no visitor to the site has ever viewed it. On the pages of this exquisitely illustrated volume, the Taj Mahal is revealed detail by detail. Starting inside the mausoleum, a sequence of closeups show the semiprecious stones, inlaid in white marble, that form the interior's Koranic calligraphy and floral patterns. The next sequence of images presents the octagonal plan of the structure, emphasizing both its perfect symmetry and its subtle variations. The final sequence is devoted to the decorative patterns carved in the walls of the mosque and entrance gate. In addition, four lavish fold-out photographs show the entire Taj Mahal complex from different perspectives. In their informative texts, authors Amina Okada and M.C. Joshi provide historical and architectural analyses of the Taj Mahal. Quotations from the Koran and from the journals of travelers as diverse as Jean-Bapiste Tavernier, Pierre Loti, and Aldous Huxley complete a breathtaking tribute.
Download or read book The Taj Mahal written by David Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A white jewel enclosed in a frame of dark cypresses, the Taj Mahal seems to float over the hot, flat Indian plain. Its distinctive silhouette, mirrored in the placid surface of a long reflecting pool, is instantly identifiable, for the shimmering tomb is one of the most frequently photographed structures in the world. ... Some 120 illustrations - nearly one half in full color - supplement this compelling history of the Mogul dynasty. Manuscript illuminations, objets d'art, maps, dynasty charts, and modern photographs taken by the author complement the text."
Book Synopsis Forts & Palaces of India by : Bindu Manchanda
Download or read book Forts & Palaces of India written by Bindu Manchanda and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the romance of India's forts and palaces - their past glory, wars and warriors, and unparalleled architecture. The book brings alive the magic of those monuments with a rare combination of prose and inimitable photographs. Master builders, dynasties, armories, underground stepwells, concrete labyrinths - they all come to life in the pages of this masterful tome.
Book Synopsis An Arabian Diary by : Sir Gilbert Clyaton
Download or read book An Arabian Diary written by Sir Gilbert Clyaton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This personal diary of six months of diplomacy and travel in Arabia represents and impressive document to the quiet ability and resourcefulness of one of Great Britain's leading officials in the Middle East in the 1920's. The sudden expansion of the Arabian Sultanate of Najd under the leadership of 'Abd-al-'Aziz ibn Sa'ud after the First World War presented a clear danger to British interests in the Middle East and threatened the strategically important Arabian corridor to India. To resolve this project the British government selected Sir Gilbert Clayton as their envoy to negotiate a settlement of differences and to determine the frontier between Saudi Arabia and the British Mandates of Trans-Jordan and Iraq. Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton (1875-1929) was a quiet, able soldier, administrator, and diplomat who had come out to eh Middle East during the reconquest of the Sudan and remained as a political officer in theSudan service, secretary to the Governor-General of the Sudan, Sir Reginald Wingate, and finally the Sudan agent at Cairo. At the outbreak of the First World War, Clayton served as the director of Military Intelligence an forged that remarkable intelligence team which included among others Leonard Woolley, George Lloyd, and T.E. Lawrence. Experience and resourceful, Clayton was an obvious choice to travel to the tents of Iban Sa'ud where the autumn of 1925 he negotiated the Bahra and Hadda Agreements fixing the frontiers of Saudi Arabia with Trans-Jordan and Iraq and cementing friendship between Britain and Ibn Sa'ud. These results represent a brilliant triumph of personal diplomacy which protected British interests and inaugurated the lifelong friendship between Sir Gilbert and Ibn Sa'ud. The story of these negotiations and Sir Gilbert's subsequent mission to the Imam of Yemen as the first official representative of the British government to visit San'a' are told in this valuable historical diary. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.
Download or read book Dead on Time written by Jean Claude Guiet and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Claude Guiet, born in France and raised in the US, attended Harvard aged 18 until, as a ‘naïve’ 19-year-old, he entered the US Army in 1943. As a native French speaker he was quickly assigned to SOE and the OSS (the precursor of the CIA) and parachuted into occupied France in the lead up to D-Day. After the liberation of Paris he was sent to Indochina to organise and train tribes in the jungles of the Far East to fight the Japanese. Subsequently he worked for the CIA in Washington.Told with characteristic understatement and charm, Jean Claude’s writing perfectly captures the variety of his own long and fascinating life. Much more than one man’s memoirs, Dead on Time is a tribute to a unique generation whose lives were regularly filled with both danger and laughter.
Book Synopsis RAJASTHAN GK. 50 DISTRICTS | ENGLISH MEDIUM: UPDATED EDITION 2024 by : ANSHDEEP
Download or read book RAJASTHAN GK. 50 DISTRICTS | ENGLISH MEDIUM: UPDATED EDITION 2024 written by ANSHDEEP and published by INTEND EDUCATION. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RAJASTHAN GK. 50 DISTRICTS ENGLISH MEDIUM Unveil the Essence of Rajasthan: Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Rajasthan with our meticulously crafted book, "RAJASTHAN GK. 50 DISTRICTS ENGLISH MEDIUM" This definitive guide offers an in-depth exploration of each district, delving into its unique geography, vibrant art and culture, administrative framework, and economic landscape. Key Features: - Detailed Geography: Understand the diverse landscapes, climate patterns, and natural resources that define each district. - Cultural Richness: Dive into the traditional art forms, folk music, dance, festivals, and customs that make Rajasthan a cultural haven. - Administrative Insights: Gain knowledge of the administrative setup, governance, and political significance of every district. - Economic Overview: Explore the economic activities, industries, and agricultural practices that drive the economy of Rajasthan. Why This Book? - Comprehensive Coverage: No district is left out. Every chapter provides a thorough analysis of each region. - Expert Insights: Compiled by seasoned researchers and local experts to ensure accuracy and depth. - Rich Visuals: Enhanced with high-quality photographs and maps to offer a visual journey through Rajasthan. - Practical Information: Ideal for students, researchers, travelers, and anyone with an interest in the state. Perfect for: - Students and Academics: An invaluable resource for geography, history, and economics studies. - Travel Enthusiasts: Plan your visit with detailed information on attractions and cultural experiences. - Policy Makers and Administrators: A practical guide to understanding the administrative and economic dynamics of each district. - Art and Culture Aficionados: A treasure trove of information on the traditional arts, crafts, and cultural heritage of Rajasthan. Unlock the secrets of Rajasthan's 50 districts with " RAJASTHAN GK. 50 DISTRICTS ENGLISH MEDIUM " Order your copy today and embark on a journey through one of India's most enchanting states!
