Taj Mahal
Ivory-white marble mausoleum on the bank of the Yamuna river in Agra, India, commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth in 1631 - widely regarded as the finest example of Mughal architecture.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1632 CE mainstream
construction begins source - 1653 CE mainstream
mausoleum and wider complex completed source
Where
27.1750° N, 78.0419° E
Sources
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