This immense mausoleum was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth
Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved late wife.
Built out of white marble and standing in formally laid-out walled
gardens, the Taj Mahal is regarded as the most perfect jewel of Muslim
art in India. The emperor was consequently jailed and, it is said, could
then only see the Taj Mahal out of his small cell window.
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