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Taj Mahal was constructed by shahjahan in the memory of his wife mumtaj mahal.

2006-09-07 04:37:11 · 7 answers · asked by Garima P 1 in Education & Reference Special Education

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The Tejomahalaya is the real name of The Tajmahal.

2006-09-07 04:45:07 · answer #1 · answered by Green Alex 3 · 0 0

Origins of the name
The name Taj comes from Persian, the language of the Mughal court, meaning crown, and Mahal means palace. Most sources suggest that Taj Mahal is a shorter variant of Mumtaz Mahal, the formal court name and title of Arjumand Banu Begum, meaning First Lady of the Palace. As early as 1663, the French traveller François Bernier referred to the place as Tage Mehale.

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The "Black Taj"
A longstanding popular tradition holds that an identical mausoleum complex was originally supposed to be built on the other side of the river, in black marble instead of white. The story suggests that Shah Jahan was overthrown by his son Aurangzeb before the black version could be built. Ruins of dark marble found across the river are, the story suggests, the unfinished base of this "Black Taj".

Recent scholarship disputes this theory, and throws some interesting light on the design of the Taj Mahal. All other major Mughal tombs were sited in gardens that form a cross, with the tomb at the intersection of the vertical and horizontal pieces. The Taj Mahal gardens, by contrast, form a great 'T', with the tomb at the centre of the crosspiece. But the outline of the ruins on the other river bank would extend the design of the Taj Mahal gardens to form a cross of proportions typical of other Mughal tombs. Further, the marble in the ruins opposite the Taj Mahal, while dark from staining, were originally white. In addition, an octagonal pool in these ruins would have reflected the Taj Mahal. Scholars have called these ruins the Mahtab Bagh or "Moonlight Garden".

Scholars now believe that the reflection of the Taj Mahal in this pool is in fact what was meant when people referred to the 'black taj'.

2006-09-07 12:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The name Taj comes from Persian, the language of the Mughal court, meaning crown, and Mahal means palace.

Most sources suggest that Taj Mahal is a shorter variant of Mumtaz Mahal, the formal court name and title of Arjumand Banu Begum, meaning First Lady of the Palace.

As early as 1663, the French traveller François Bernier referred to the place as Tage Mehale.

Other claims that Taj Mahal is a corrupt version of Tejo-mahalaya, or the Shiva's Palace.

2006-09-07 11:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by roshpi 3 · 0 0

It was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58) to immortalize his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal (“Chosen One of the Palace”). She died in childbirth in 1631, after having been the emperor's inseparable companion since their marriage in 1612. The name Taj Mahal is a corruption of her title.

2006-09-07 11:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by Britannica Knowledge 3 · 0 0

Tejo Mahalaya?

2006-09-07 11:40:34 · answer #5 · answered by Stephanie J 2 · 0 0

Tejomahalaya

2006-09-07 12:17:22 · answer #6 · answered by The Ultimate Answerer 3 · 0 0

http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/modern/taj_oak.html

2006-09-07 11:42:39 · answer #7 · answered by Shintz62 4 · 0 0

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