The Taj Mahal - Interior
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Year of Construction: 1648
During the full length of his reign over India, the Emperor Shah Jahan had many wives, but none like his most adored third wife, Arjumand Banu begum. She was known as Mumtaz Mahal, the beloved ornament of the palace.
When she passed away in 1631, the emperor had a board of architects construct the Taj Mahal in her honor. More than 20,000 sculptors, calligraphers and craftsmen were enlisted and brought over to Agra to work on his marble-clad masterpiece.
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