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CONTENTS:-
1. Prologue
2. Site of the Taj Mahal
3. The Land
4. The Environment
5. Terraced Lay-out of the Taj Mahal
6. Ingenious Placement of the Taj on the edge of the river-bank
7. Taj Foundation
8. Garden, Water-devices and Drainage
9. Architecture and Ornamentation
10. Subsidiary Buildings of the Taj Mahal
11. The Mahtab-Bagh and the Fiction of a Black Taj Mahal
12. Third Set of Tombstones on Real Graves
13. Inscriptions of the Taj Mahal
14. Constructional Modes and Techniques
15. Taj Polish
16. Original Measurements of the Taj Mahal
17. Builders of the Taj Mahal
18. The Material and Costs
19. Taj Mahal is sinking into the river?
20. Taj Mahal was offered for sale?
21. Chastity of the Taj Mahal |
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Described as 'a monument of eternal love', 'a dream in marble', 'a materialized vision of loveliness', 'the wonder of the world' and so on, the Taj Mahal has been a popular subject of History during the last century, and more than 200 books, monographs and poems have been written on it, in different languages. The love-story of Shah Jehan and Mumtaz Mahal has been repeated, over and over again, poetically, with a liberal dose of fanciful gossips of foreign travelers, guide-anecdotes, and romantic film-legends. Consequently, the history of the Taj Mahal has not only been romanticized, it has also been fantasized.
THE TAJ MAHAL by R Nath is a new book on the subject which deals with its history and architecture and also with its art, archaeology and aesthetics. It gives almost complete information on such aspects as its site, land, environment, lay-out, placement, foundation, plan, design, garden, water-devices, drainage, architecture, ornamentation and inscriptions, in separate chapters, with the help of 52 drawings and 57 photographs. Chapters on 'Constructional Modes and Techniques', 'Taj Polish' and 'Taj Mahal is sinking into the river' deal with its archaeology and study its technical aspect, probably for the first time. Controversies have been studied side by side, and also in independent chapters as 'Taj Mahal was offered for sale', to which feature a novel chapter : 'Chastity of the Taj Mahal' has been added. |
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