...Shah Jehan, VOL. II. FF BOOK there is none that bears any comparison with the ' Taj Mahal at Agra, a mausoleum of white marble decorated with mosaics,...surpassed by any other edifice, either in Europe or Asia. * * Taj Mahal is a corruption of Mumtaz Mahal, the name of Sh£h Jehan's queen, whose sepulchre it...

...any comparison with the Taj Mahal at Agra, a mausoleum of white marble decorated with mosaics, winch, for the richness of the material, the chasteness of...surpassed by any other edifice, either in Europe or Asia. All these vast undertakings were managed with so much economy that, after defraying the expenses of...

...by Shah Jehan, there is none The Tftj that bears any comparison with the Taj Mahal at Agra — MahaL a mausoleum of white marble decorated with mosaics,...surpassed by any other edifice, either in Europe or Asia.19 te Taj Mahal is a corruption of Mumtaz stone (not well understood), with chalo*Mahal, the name...

...mausoleum of white marble decorated with mosaic?. which, for the richness of the material, the chastenesa of the design, and the effect, at once brilliant and...surpassed by any other edifice, either in Europe or Asia.19 " Taj Mahal is ft corruption of Mumtaz stone (not well understood), with ckik»Mahal, the name...

...mosaics, is unsurpassed, as Elphinstone rightly observes, by any other building in Europe or Asia, " for the richness of the material, the chasteness of...design and the effect at once brilliant and solemn." Even in Florence its mosaics in pietra dura are unequalled. Its stately grace and perfect symmetry...

...mosaics, is unsurpassed, as Elphinstone rightly observes, by any other building in Europe or Asia, "for the richness of the material, the chasteness of the design, and the eflec^ at once brilliant and solenjn." Even in Florence its mosaics in pietra dura are unequalled....

...afterwards her remains were removed to Agra, where а most splendid mausoleum was built over her tomb, all of white marble decorated with mosaics, which for...surpassed by any other edifice either in Europe or Asia. It was completed in 1645 AD, 1056 A. H , and is now called the " Táj," or " Taj Mahal," which is said...

...gracefully-flowing mosaics, is unsurpassed, says Blpbinstone, by any other building in Europe or Asia, ' ' for the richness of the material, the chasteness of the design, and the effect at once biilliant and solemn." In the middle of a lofty hall nnder the dome is the tomb, surrounded by an open...

...by Sh&h Jchan, there is none The TAJ that bears any comparison with the Taj Mahal at Agra— Mahal- a mausoleum of white marble decorated with mosaics,...material, the chasteness of the •design, and the efiect, at once brilliant and solemn, is not surpassed by any other edifice, either in Europe or Asia.19...

...removed to Agra, where a most splendid mausoleum was built over her tomb, with a coating of whit« marble decorated with mosaics, which for the richness...surpassed by any other edifice either in Europe or Asia. It was completed in AD 1640, AH 10ÓÓ. and is now called the "Tâj," or " Tñj Mahal," which is said...