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Taj Mahal

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Name

249075_sv.jpg

Size

1.05 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

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Creator(s)
Patron: Shahjahan, Emperor of India (Indian (South Asian), 1592-1666), Architect: Ustad Ahmad Lahauri (Indian (South Asian), ca. 1580-1649)
Time period
creation date: 1622-1628/1031-1037 AH
Location
Site: Agra (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Cultural context
Islamic
Indian (South Asian)
Description
interior, marble jali screen enclosing the cenotaphs, 1967
Work type
Tomb, Mausoleum, Palace
Medium
marble
stone
ferruginous sandstone
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by G. E. Kidder Smith
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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