When was the Taj Mahal built?
Question by Jagmit: When was the Taj Mahal built?
I’m doing a report on the Taj Mahal & i need to know all i can about the Taj Mahal, 1 thing is the time period it was built. How long did it take to build? I need to know all i can so please send me anythign about it. 
Ps. Please language a 10 year old can understand…(:
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Answer by scout
building began around 1632 and was completed around 1653
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Taj mahal is made with white marble with gemstone inlay. It was built for mumtaz mahal the mughal emperor’s wife who died during childbirth. the emperor had more than one wife but he loved her dearly. it is a tomb which houses the emperor and mumtaz.
it is meant to look like it is floating.
workers who built the taj were skilled laborers who came from as far away as turkey. the emperor was imprisoned by his son who over threw him and was jailed across the river from the taj.
The construction of Taj Mahal was started in AD 1631 and completed at the end of 1648 AD. For seventeen years, twenty thousand workmen are said to be employed. It was build by Muslim Mughal king Shah Jehan for his wife. It’s a fine example of a Muslim & Mughal architecture.
Shahjahan, who was a passionate builder, now decided to erect a memorial to his queen in pristine marble that the world would never forget. The site selected for the tomb was a garden by the Yamuna river, unshadowed by any other structure. The garden had been laid by Raja Man Singh of Amber and now belonged to his grndson, Raja Jai Singh. By a royal firman, Shahjahan gave Jai Singh four havelis in exchange for the garden. The site was also chosen because it was located on a bend in the river, and so could be seen from Shahjahan’s personal palace in Agra Fort, further upstream.
Construction Of The Mausoleum – Taj Mahal
Work on the mausoleum began in 1633 and 20,000 workers laboured for 17 years to build it. The most skilled architects, inlay craftsmen, calligraphers, stone-carvers and masons came from all across Indian and lands as distant as Persia and Turkey. The master mason was from Baghdab, an expert in building the double dome from Persia, and an inlay specialist from Delhi.
It was designed by Ustad Ahmed Lahauri and was completed in 22 years by the hard labour of 20000 crafts men and at a cost of 32 million rupees. Its now famous as one of the seven wonders of the world and listed as a world heritage monument by UNESCO.
Yemen sent agates, the corals came from Arabia, the garnets from Bundelkhand, onyx and amethyst from Persia. Mumtaz Mahal’s final resting-place was ornamented like a queen’s jewel-box
Taj Garden – Taj gardens were designed by Ali Mardan Khan, one of the nobles of Shah Jahan’s court. These were laid out by Persian garden plan style. The entire area of Taj complex is 580m by 300m and out of which the gardens alone consists an area of 300m by 300m. The fountains and running water channels are supplied with water from a set of reservoirs which are atop the rooms in the garden walls.
The great Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built this monument for his loving wife Mumtaj Mahal after her death. The construction began in the year 1632 and took 17 years to complete. http://www.agramycity.com/