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1、The Taj MahalLinda1106417Reasons for the title I saw a piece of news that Taj Mahal could collapse in five years ! There is a moving love story about Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal is Indias most famous structure.Brief introduction of Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra, In

2、dia. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the worlds heritage. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen, spending 40 millon rupees . It attracts

3、 4 million tourists a year to the northern Indian town of Agra. The white marble mausoleum, known as the monument of love after it was built by a former Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a tribute to his dead wife, Mumtaz Mahal .Shah Jahan Shah Jahan was the emperor of the Mughal Empire in the Indian sub

4、continent from 1628 until 1658. The name Shah Jahan comes from Persian meaning King of the World. He is considered to be one of the greatest Mughals and his reign has been called the Golden Age of the Mughals and one of the most prosperous ages of the Indian civilization. Mumtaz Mahal Mumtaz Mahals

5、old name was Arjumand Banu Begum. Arjumand Banu Begum was married at the age of 19, to Shah Jahan, who conferred upon her the title Mumtaz Mahal. She mothered fourteen children in eighteen years by Shah Jahan. But there were only four sons and three daughters surviced. Despite her frequent pregnanci

6、es, Mumtaz travelled with Shah Jahans entourage throughout his earlier military campaigns. Mumtaz died in in 1631,while giving birth to their fourteenth child. She had been accompanying her husband while he was fighting a campaign in the Deccen Plateau. Shah Jahan intended to build a black monument same as the Taj Mahal on the opposite side of the river so that he could company his wife forever. Soon after the Taj Mahals completion, Shah Jahan was deposed by his son and put under house arrest near Taj Mahal. The subsequent eight years he saw the Taj Mahal through a small window. Upon