Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal is memorial for one of the greatest and sad love stories  It was a simple
and beautiful story . The best description of Taj Mahal was given by Ghandi as This
is not a grave. this is a song of marble.

Taj Mahal is a monument build by the Emperor Shah Jihan. This emperor had a
beautiful, intelligent and a faithful wife called Momtaz Mahal which means the
Favorite of the Palace..

When this wife died ,the emperor was so sad. He decided to build this great
monument in her memory . The building was designed by architects from India. Persia
and other Asian countries. The work started in 1632AD ,with 20.000 construction
workers and continued for 22 years. It cost 40 million rubies. It is located on the
located on the southern bank of Jomma River outside the Indian city of Akra. The
base of the building is made of marble 29 meter-wide. It has eight faves made of
white marble. In side, it is decorated with verses from the Holy Quran ,as the emperor
was Muslim. The building materials were brought from all over the Muslim world.
The emperor had planed a Planed a Palace for him self on the other side of the river
and connected with Taj Mahal by a bridge.

Unfortunately the emperor fell sick and there was a struggle over power between his
sons. His son Orngret took over. Killed the other three sons and threw his father in
prison.

The emperor spent the rest of his life in prison looking sadly across the river for the
temple of his past wife reflected by a mirror on pillar from his prison ,till his died in .