how many stones used to taj mahal?

Answer 1

That much which was required to construct the monument making it one of the seven wonders of the world...at the cost of human sacrifice, who slogged to construct such a mammoth structure to satisfy the ego of a mad lover

Answer 2

Construction

The Taj Mahal was built on a stretch of land to the south of the walled city of Agra which had belonged to Maharajah Jai Singh: Shah Jahan presented him with a large palace in the centre of Agra in exchange.[7] Construction began with setting foundations for the tomb. An area of roughly three acres was excavated and filled with dirt to reduce seepage from the river. The entire site was levelled to a fixed height about 50 m above the riverbank. The Taj Mahal is 180 feet tall. The dome itself measures 60 feet in diameter and 80 feet high.
View from the Agra Fort.
View from the Agra Fort.

In the tomb area, wells were then dug down to the point that water was encountered. These wells were later filled with stone and rubble, forming the basis for the footings of the tomb. An additional well was built to same depth nearby to provide a visual method to track water level changes over time.

Instead of lashed bamboo, the typical scaffolding method, workmen constructed a colossal brick scaffold that mirrored the inner and outer surfaces of the tomb. The scaffold was so enormous that foremen estimated it would take years to dismantle. According to legend, Shah Jahan decreed that anyone could keep bricks taken from the scaffold, and it was dismantled by peasants overnight.

A fifteen-kilometre tamped-earth ramp was built to transport marble and materials from Agra to the construction site. According to contemporary accounts teams of twenty or thirty oxen strained to pull the blocks on specially constructed wagons.

To raise the blocks into position required an elaborate post-and-beam pulley system. Teams of mules and oxen provided the lifting power.

The order of construction was

* The plinth
* The tomb
* The four minarets
* The mosque and jawab
* The gateway

The plinth and tomb took roughly 12 years to complete. The remaining parts of the complex took an additional 10 years. (Since the complex was built in stages, contemporary historical accounts list different "completion dates"; discrepancies between so-called completion dates are probably the result of differing opinions about the definition of "completion". For example, the mausoleum itself was essentially complete by 1643, but work continued on the rest of the complex.)

Answer 3

Wah! Taj Being one of the Seven Wonders of the World, nobody questions this way. Stones are unaccountable for any construction. Because we live in building and also take a construction for its immemorial time of its memory. You look any on this waay. Do not count the stones or pebbles and count the beauty of the monument.

Answer 4

(Can't really find the total number of marble stones used) The translucent white marble was brought from Rajasthan, the jasper from Punjab and the jade and crystal from China. The turquoise was from Tibet and the Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, while the sapphire came from Sri Lanka and the carnelian from Arabia. In all, 28 types of precious and semi-precious stones were inlaid into the white marble. The mausoleum is made of pure-white marble inlaid with semiprecious stones. It has been calculated that a 3 cm ornamental element contains more than 50 inlaid gemstones.

Answer 5

different varities of stones including gems are used for constructing such a beatiful structure which is one among the seven wonders ofworld,what matters the no of stones used?

Answer 6

when the king shah-jahan was planning to Build TAJ-MAHAL he forget to ask me about that... so now i can't tell you exactly how man stones were used

Answer 7

all i know is that 35 different kinds of stones were used..

Answer 8

More than one.

Answer 9

if i ask you that how many stones are used in your house .
how many stones are there it doesn't matter

Answer 10

one of the greatest wonders human created