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Construction of the Taj Mahal Begins

Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal at Agra as a monumental mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal.

Taj Mahal at Agra in Uttar Pradesh
Modern photograph of the completed Taj Mahal. It is the surviving monument commissioned by Shah Jahan, not a depiction of the construction process beginning in 1632. · Credit: Ariyavineeth · License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources and further reading

  1. NCERT — History: Our Pasts II
  2. NCERT — Themes in Indian History II

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