1. 10 Facts About Taj Mahal
2. History Behind The Taj Mahal

Historical Proof That Taj Mahal is Hindu Temple We are releasing 4 part series on Taj Mahal is Shiva Temple Part 1 False History Written on Love Thanks a ton to one of the greatest historian P. Oak and other global historians, we all were able to prove the long dragged issue of Taj Mahal being Hindu temple, and Hindus being deprived of their heritage and monuments, due to anglicization and islamization of Indian history. The postings on Taj Mahal Shiva Temple are excerpts of his research and books. Before believing in the “fabulous mausoleum” theory, two questions may be asked. Firstly, where are the historical records describing Shahjahan’s romantic attachment to Mumtaz – one of his 5,000 consorts, prior to her death? Secondly, how many palaces did Shahjahan build for his sweetheart Mumtaz while she was alive before he built one over her dead body? Histories are silent on both these points. The answer to the first is that there are no accounts of the Shahjahan Mumtaz romance because there never was any.

That so called romantic attachment was a graft to justify the mythical creation of the Taj Mahal as a wonder tomb. The answer to the second question is that Shahjahan did not build any palace for Mumtaz alive or dead. There is not even single line or poetic reference showing that Shah Jahan loved Mumtaz in any of the Mughal emperors biographies. We would like to record emphatically here that however much it may please Western sentiment, the notion that the Taj Mahal is a marble phantom of the love that Shahjahan bore for Mumtaz, is simply silly.

It never happened in mediaeval India and probably never happens anywere else in the world. Every Moghul monarch The Need to Re-Examine Antecedents 39 had at least 5,000 consorts in his harem and many more at his command outside. He had hardly the time or the heart to idolize only one of his several thousand consorts. Mughal history is filled with deceit, hatred, killing, loot and r@pe even among family members.

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Badshahnama Confession on Hindu Temple Conversion to Taj Mahal Confession of Crime of Converting Taj Mahal Temple into tomb in Shah Jahan’s Own Badshahnama Persian script may follow the line-by-line transcript in the Roman script and later the line-by-line rendering in English. A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PERSIAN PASSAGE IN ROMAN CHARACTERS with English translation 1. Har do ra az ham juda mee sakht wa ba hamin zorhae’ beja beemar shudah 1.

Both were separated from one another and with those unjust atrocities fell ill 2. Pas az chande dar zindagi e pidar sipare shud, saabiqa chun Fateh Khan 2. After some time during his father’s time (he) passed away.

Prior to this since Fatehkhan 3. Pisare Ambar ba wa seelae Yaminuddoulah Asif Khan arzah dasht mehtawe bar 3. Son of Ambar through Yaminuddaulah Asafkhan had submitted a petition 4.

Dowlat khwahi wa hawa jooee firistadah maarooz dashta bood keh ein 4. Declaring his allegiance and loyalty and praying that this 5. Khidmatguzar ikhlas shiaar benizamra keh az kotah bini wa shaqawat 5. Loyal servant full of sincerity requests that because the shortsightedness and cruelty 6.

Guzeenee bad sagaali wa mukhalifate awliya-e-dowlat-e-abad meeaad mee namood 6. I’ll will and opposition of the royal officials came into play 7. Muqavyad sakhteh ummidwari-i marahmi-i badshahi ast, wa dar jawabe aan farman 7. And putting me under rigorous imprisonment – and I hope to receive Royal mercy and in validity of that death-inflicting 8. Qazah jiriyan (sic) izze sudoor yafteh bawad keh agar guftar-e-oo farooghe rastee darad 8. Has had the honour of being issued and if that statement has any truth in it 9. Jahan ra az aalaaishe wajoode besawaad-e-oo pak gardaanad chun Fateh Khan 9.

Then this world should be relieved of the existence of such a person since Fatehkhan 10. Baad az waroode hukme jahan-mutah burhane-be-nizam bad farjam ra khufah namoodeh 10.

After reciving the royal order — obeyed by the world – be advanced arguments and excuses for his bad administration 11. Shoharat daad keh ba ajale tabeeyee dar guzasht, wa Hussein nam pisare Darsalae 11. And publicised it to appear as a natural death and Hussain named son of Darsaleh was 12. Oora janashin-e-aan badaayeen gurdaa need. Wa arzh dashtee mebnee az 12. Made successor illegally and a petition far from the 13. Haqiqat-e-ein waqueh ba dast-e-Muhammad Ibrahim keh az nowkarane moatamade oo 13.

Reality of this event (was) sent through Mohammad Ibrahim — one of his trusted employees 14. Bood, ba dargahe salateen panah firistad misalelazimul imtisal sabir shud keh 14. And the court of the Protector of Kings – issued an order which had to be strictly complied with 15. Lqbale ra ke ba daroone hisare Dowlatabaad burdeh az quillat-e-aazooqah (supplies) zaayai khwahand 15. That the confessor be taken inside Daulatabad fort and starved to death. Shud aan ra ba nafais jawahar wa murasseh alat-e-be-nizam hamrahe-pisare 16. And he with all the splendour and glory and fanfare accompanied by his son 17.

Kalane Khood ba rasme peshkash usaal numayad ta multimassate oo, izze qubul yabad 17. Eldest (son) as per tradition be given a send off, so that his requests were accepted 18.

Wa ba nanshoore nawazish kahpoh murassah wa da yake Iraqui ba Zin-tila’ 18. And equipped with the gracious charter (order) and with two horses – one Iraqui with golden saddle 19. Deeagare Turkee rah waar ba zin-e-mutalaa’ mashoobe Shukrullah Arab wa Fateh Khan 19. The other – Turkish with an ornamental golden saddle through Shukurullah Arab and Fatehkhan 20. Ba Dow latabaad farishtadand.

Oodajiram ba benam-e-chihal hazar roopiah sarfaraz gardeedeh 20. Were sent to Daulatabad – and Udajahan was honoured with a reward of 40,000 rupees — 21. Rooze-juma’ hafdahum Jamadn awal naashe muqaddase musafire aqleeme 21.

Friday – 15th Jamadi-ul-awwal the sacred dead body of the traveller to the kingdom of heaven, Her 22. Taqaddus hazarat mehd alia Mumtazuzzamaneera keh ba tareeqae a amaanat mudafoon Holiness, hazrat Mumtazul Zamani – who was buried temporarily, was sent — 23. Bood masahoobe Badshehzadae namadaar Muhammad Shah Shuja Bahadur a Wazir Khan. Accompanied by prince Mohammad Shah Shuja Bahadur, Wazir Khan- 24. Wa Sati (sic) Unnisa Khanum keh ba mijaz shanasi wa kaardaanee ba dariae aolaee pesh 24. And Satiun Nisa Khanam – who knew the temperament of the (deceased) so intimately 25. Dastee we waqaalat elaan Maalike Jahan malikae Jahaaniyaan raseeh bood, rawane-e 25.

And was well versed in the job and represented the views of the queen of queens etc. Darul khalafae Akbarabad namoodand wahukm shud keh har roz dar rah aash e bisiyar 26. Was brought to the capital Akbarabad (Agra) and an order was issued that very day 27.

Wa darahim wa dananeere be shumar ba fuqra wa nayazmadaan bibihand, wa zamine dar 27. During the journey countless coins be distributed among the fakirs and needy, The site 28. Nihayat rifaat wa nizaahat keh junoobrooe aan misr jaama’ astwa 28. Covered with a majestic magnificent lush garden, to the south of that great city and 29. Pesh az ein Manzil-e Rajah Mansigh bood wadaree waqt ba Rajah Jaisingh 29. Amidst which (garden) the building known as the palace (Manzil) of Raja Mansingh, at present owned by Raja Jaisingh, 30.

Nabirae talluq dasht bara-e-madfan e ann bashist muwaattan bar guzeedand 30. Grandson (of Mansingh), was selected for the burial of the Queen whose abode is in heaven 31. Agarcheh Raja Jaisingh husule ein dawlatra foze azeem danisht 31. Although Raja Jaisingh valued it greatly as his ancestral heritage and property, yet. He would have been agreeable to part with it gratis for the Emperor Shahjahan 32. Az rooe ahatiyaat keh dar jameeye shewan khususan umoore diniyeh naguzir ast 32.

(Still) out of sheer scrupulousness so essential in matters of bereavement and religious sanctity (thinking it improper to take his palace gratis) 33. Dar’ awaz aan aali manzil-e az khalisa e sharifah badoo marahmat farmoodand 33. In exchange of that (aali Manzil) grand palace, he (Jaisingh) was granted a piece of government land 34. Baad az rasidane naash ba aan shahar-e karamat bahar panz dahun Jamadi Ussanieh 34. After the arrival of the dead body in that great city (Agra) on 15th Jamadul Saniya. Sale aayandeh paikare nooranee-e aan aamaanee jowhar ba khake pak sipurdeh aamad 35.

Next year that illustrious body of the heavenly Queen was laid to rest 36. Wa mutasaddiyan-e darul khilafah ba hukme muallae ajaalatul waqt turbat-e-falak martabate 36. The officials of the capital, according to the royal orders of the day, under the sky-high lofty mausoleum 37. Aan jahan iffatra az nazar poshidand. Wa Imaarate – e -aalee shaan wa gumbaze 37. Hid (the body of) that pious lady from the eyes of the world, and this Palace (Imarat-e-Aalishan) so majestic and (capped) with a dome 38.

Rafi bunyan keh ta rastakheez dar balandee yadgare himmate gardoon rifaat 38. So lofty that in its stature (it) is a memorial to the courage of sky-dimensions 39. Hazrate Sahib Qarah-e-saani bashed wa dar ustuwaree namoodare istigamat 39. (of) Sahib Qarani SANI – (the king) and in strength so mighty 40. Azayam banee tarah afgandand wa muhandisane doorbeen wa meamaran-e-saanat 40.

In his resolution so firm – the foundation was laid and geometricians with far sight and archietects of talent 41. Aafreen chihal lakh roopiah akharajate ein imaarat bar aawurd anmoodand 41. Incurred an expenditure of Rs. 40 lakhs on this building Collating the evidence inferring Badshahnama Emperor Shahjahan’s wife Arjumand Banu died in Burhanpur somewhere between 1629 and 1632 A.D. Her body was buried in a garden there but is said to have been exhumed after about six months and transported to Agra. Even this single detail should have been enough to alert discerning and thoughtful people that Shahjahan must have come by a handy ready-made mausoleum. Why else would he disturb and remove a body well laid to rest and have it carried to Agra, 600 miles away!

He wouldn’t want it to be transferred from one open grave to another without some purpose. Even a commoner’s body is not so trifled with, let alone that of a queen and believed to be a very ‘beloved’ one at that.

World history is filled with several incidents globally, when Mughal emperors engrossed in hatred and jealous feelings towards non-islamic structures, temples and monuments, dismantled them or renovated them with minor changes to build mosques, tombs and islamic buildings. Moreover if Shahjahan had really commisioned the Taj Mahal he should have raised it at Burhanpur where Mumtaz was already buried. Such careful checking at every stage, so essential for accurate historical research has been lacking in the field of Indian history. The body of Mumtaz was removed (if at all) from Burhanpur only because Jaisingh’s palace had by that time been commandeered for her re-burial in Agra.

The site chosen for her burial in Agra had immense verdant grounds CSubz Zamini – as the Badshahnama terms it). This shows that the place had also a lush planted royal garden around Mansingh’s palace. Inside those grounds was Mansingh’s mansion (manzil) which was then in the possession of his grandson Jaisingh – says the Badshahnama. It should be noted that Raja Mansingh’s mansion does not necessarily mean one built by him. It only means that during Jaisingh’s times it was known as Mansingh’s mansion because Mansingh was its last famous occupant. That was an ancient Hindu building that had ultimately devolved on Mansingh, and then on Jaisingh. Here it must also be remembered that the Taj Mahal did not necessarily devolve on Mansingh through the direct line of descent.

Such mansions like any other piece of property changed hands by transfer, sale, gifting away, dowry, conquest or exchange. From time to time that ancient Hindu building passed into various hands and was at times under the occupation of the Muslim conquerors too as we shall explain hereafter. On arrival in Agra, Mumtaz’s body was buried underneath the dome of Mansingh’s palatial mansion under royal command, says the Badshahnama. Earlier it tells us that though Jaisingh regarded the take-over of his highly valued ancestral palace for royal use, as a matter of great honour done to him, yet out of religious scruples it was considered fit to give him a piece of government land in exchange. It is not known whether that was a village or an open plot of land or rocky waste or a mere phantom name to adorn the record to make naked usurpation look respectable at least on paper.

Actually such a piece of land does not seem to have been handed over to Jaisingh. Making confusion worse confounded historians have further assumed, baselessly, that Shahjahan too obtained an open plot of land in exchange. Even a sane person who is not a historian can ask Why should Shahjahan exchange one plot of land for another, when he was ruler himself? If he did why would he not mention the location of the plot given to Jaisingh, while location of Taj Mahal was mentioned which he obtained from Jai Singh? What is worse is that historians cite some spurious or misinterpreted documents to say that Shahjahan exchanged a group of mansions to obtain an open plot of land from Jaisingh to raise the Taj Mahal. Would a stingy, haughty Shahjahan stoop to making such an inequitable barter? Moreover the Badshahnama clearly asserts that it was Jaisingh who was given land while Shahjahan got Mansingh’s garden palace in exchange.

This is one more detail proving how the entire Shahjahan legend of the Taj Mahal is wholly fictitious from beginning to end. Obviously this exchange is a mere eyewash. Who would bear with any equanimity a fabulous building being exchanged for an open piece of land?

Secondly, the exchange itself sounds a mere myth because the location and dimensions of the plot of land given to Jaisingh are not mentioned. Thirdly, there was no love lost between Shahjahan, an overbearing Muslim fanatic potentate, and his nobles, especially when they were Hindus.

It seems more probable that Jaisingh was just unceremoniously dispossessed of his ancestral palace. For 350 long years humanity all over the world has been duped into believing that Shahjahan acquired a piece of open land from Jaisingh. This again should have induced some re-thinking at least amongst students of history. Why should Shahjahan, an emperor, need to beg an open plot of land from a subservient nobleman in Shahjahan’s own 5- generation-old capital? Did not Shahjahan possess vast lands himself?

10 Facts About Taj Mahal

He robbed Jaisingh of a magnificent bejewelled palace which was considered fit to bury his queen in. The palace had a sky-high dome underneath which, the author of the Badshanama tells us, Mumtaz’s body was hidden (i.e. Buried) from the eyes of the world by the officials of the realm at Shahjahan’s command. Such command again was unnecessary unless Mumtaz had to be buried in somebody else’s property. The use of the word ‘ ‘command” is thus significant.

We shall show that 104 years earlier Emperor Babur also refers to this domed palace. This mention of the dome is of far-reaching importance to refute the false notion entrenched in Indian history and architectural and civil engineering textbooks that the dome is a Muslim form of architecture. The Badshahnama clearly tells us that the Hindu palace taken over for Mumtaz’s burial had a dome. Incidentally the edifice is also described as a “sky-high” mansion, though those adjectives have been also interlinked with Shahjahan’s courage and valour. Since the Taj Mahal has been admitted to be a Hindu palace capped with a dome it should not be difficult to comprehend that the so-called mausoleums of Akbar at Sikandra and of Humayun and Safdarjang in Delhi, which have been often compared with the Taj Mahal are all 3 erstwhile Hindu palaces conquered and misused as Muslim tombs.

Later as done in renovation or revamp of existing structure to maintain most of its originality, emperor engaged geometricians and architects for the project. This does not in the least prove that he had a mausoleum constructed from the foundation upward. Geometricians and architects were needed to plan the digging of the grave in the centre of the basement chamber and raise a cenotaph exactly over it in the centre of the octagonal throne-room (octagonal shapes are part of Vedic structuring and non-islamic designing) on the ground floor and in the basement of the commandeered Hindu palace. The architects and geometricians were also needed to guide the removal of some marble stones, have Koranic extracts engraved on them in lettering of various sizes, depending on the height at which they were to be refixed, and to put them in position. The words “foundation was laid” in line 40 are also self-explanatory. Shah Jahan was S.x Maniac and Inc.st Father It is well known that Shah Jahan used to have regular s.x with his eldest daughter Jahan Ara.

To defend himself, Shah Jahan used to say that, it was the privilege of a planter to taste the fruit of the tree he had planted. While commenting on this matter, Francois Bernier wrote, “Begum Sahiba, the elder daughter of Shah Jahan, was very handsome and of lively parts, and passionately beloved by her father. Public talk has it that his attachment reached a point which it is difficult to believe, the justification of which rests on the decision of Mullahs or the doctors of Islamic law. According to them, it would have been unique to deny the king the privilege of gathering fruits from the tree he had himself planted.” According to Peter Mundy, another European traveler, Shah Jahan had illicit s.xual relation with his younger daughter Chamni Brgum. According to memoirs of Jahan Ara daughter of Shah Jahan “Jahan Ara always hated her father, she saw Prophet Mohammed in her dreams and thought she could choose the religious path. But at her younger age, she became s.x object of her father, Shah Jahan, The most painful period of her troubled life begins when soon enough her aged father, Emperor Shah Jahan forces her into a s.xual relationship with him, for in his young daughter he finds the image of his dead wife, Mumtaz.

In sheer pity and love, she does submit to this ugly assault on her dignity. Shah Jahan r@ped her for several years before r@ping another daughter Chamni Brgum“ Inferring “Laying Foundation” They bear two meanings. Firstly, since a corpse is always interred in a pit, filling up the ditch over the body is “laying the foundation of the grave.” Secondly, it has also a figurative meaning. By burying the body in an Hindu palace, Shahjahan in a way laid the foundation of a Muslim grave. Such figurative but meaningful use of the term “laying the foundation” is not at all uncommon. One could say for instance that by his conquests Napoleon laid the foundation of the French empire.

Does this mean that Napoleon ordered some digging and brick, mortar and stone for the edifice of the French empire? Similarly Shahjahan “laid the foundation” of his wife’s grave by ordering some building material because he had chosen to commandeer a ready fabulous palace. It should also be noted that many Muslim chroniclers use that fraudulent term “laid the foundation” to suggest falsely that Muslim rulers built large buildings. It is such logical and legal interpretations we would like to commend to all historians. Hitherto they have been used to gloss – over inconvenient words and phrases, ignore significant passages, make fantastic assumptions, hover in a world of unreality, twist the ordinary and natural meaning of words and phrases, shut their eyes altogether to logic and legal sifting of evidence and to put pathetic faith in forgeries and falsehoods.

Such slipshod and unsatisfactory methods will have to be given up if Indian history has to be rid of its many mistaken concepts and shibboleths. About the sum of four million rupees (Rs. 40 lakh) that the Badshahnama tells us was expended on the building, the explanation is simple. At the outset we would like to apprise the reader of the weakness of Muslim chroniclers for exaggerating figures to boost the glory of their royal partons. Allowing for that margin of exaggeration we may assume that the actual expenditure estimated to be expended may well have been in the neighbourhood of three million rupees. It must be noted that placing Mumtaz’s tomb in exotic Hindu temple was deceit ploy of Shah Jahan to place his own tomb in that location after his death, so that no questions are asked on his motives to use such beautiful place as a graveyard.

It was to be shown that it was used for Mumtaz. Thereafter we have to consider another factor. In the corruption rampant during Moghul times the estimates given to the sovereign for such projects included a large percentage of overhead, unauthorized profits of innumerable middlemen.

' The interior of the building is dimly lit through pierced marble lattices and contains a virtuoso display of carved marble. Externally the building gains an ethereal quality from its marble facings, which respond with extraordinary subtlety to changing light and weather.'

Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture.

P624, 630 The battle of Panipat laid the foundation of the Mughal dynasty in Agra. The loss of the Afghan Ruler, Sikandar Lodhi became the turning point that piloted the nation’s forays into the world of architectural majesty. Globally renowned as the city of the Taj Mahal, this royal Mughal city has many other monuments too that emphasise the high point of Mughal architecture. The founder of the Mughal dynasty, Babur, laid out the first formal Persian garden on the banks of the river Yamuna. Akbar raised the towering ramparts of the great Red Fort and within its walls Jahangir built rose-red palaces, courts and gardens. However, the crowning glory of the city is obviously The Taj,a monument of an imagination turned into a 'symbol of eternal love'.The Taj represents India to the world embellished by Shah Jahan with marble mosques, palaces and pavilions of gem-inlaid white marble.

History Behind The Taj Mahal

In 1631 AD, Shah Jahan, the Emperor during the Mughal Empire's period of greatest prosperity, was grief stricken when his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal died during the birth of their fourtheenth child, Gauhar Ara Begum. The court chronicles of ShahJahan's grief illustrate the love story traditionally held as an inspiration for the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal incorporates and expands on design traditions of Persian architecture and earlier Mughal architecture. Specific inspiration came from successful Timurid and Mughal buildings including; the Gur-e Amir (the tomb of Timur, progenitor of the Mughal dynasty, in Samarkand), Humayun's Tomb and Shah Jahan's own Jama Masjid in Delhi.

While earlier Mughal buildings were primarily constructed of red sandstone, Shah Jahan promoted the use of white marble inlaid with semi-preciou stones and buildings under his patronage reached new levels of refinement. The Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb (sometimes called the Baby Taj ), that Nur Jahan built for her father, Mirza Ghiyas Beg was the first Mughal structure to be built entirely of marble. This particular monument marks the transition from the red sandstone structures to those in white marble and is believed to be the precursor of the magnificent Taj Mahal.

However, the architects evolved this masterpiece from the closest model completed some 60 years before, at Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi, by his wife, Hamida Begum. According to Koch, who spent a decade digging to the very beginnings of the famous monument and measuring every inch of the vast complex,this was exactly what the building-obsessed emperor had wanted to create: a monument that would be unrivalled in beauty and grandeur for all generations to come.'

It will,' in the words of his court historian Muhammad Amin Qazwini, 'be a masterpiece for ages to come, increasing the amazement of all humanity'. 'As a historian I was a little sceptical about the love angle,' confesses Koch. But his biography, Padshahnama, written by a series of carefully chosen historians, goes into extraordinary detail about the emperor's broken heart, including how his beard turned white overnight and how he shared with his begum not just passion but a meeting of minds as well.

Shah Jahan set about constructing his 'masterpiece for ages to come', Koc says, with utmost deliberation. Just the selection of the site, for instance, took him nearly six months. The prevailing fashion in the royal capital Agra was for river front havelis to be turned into garden tombs. But the Taj wasn't going to be just one of the scores of garden tombs. 'Shah Jahan knew & nothing makes an impression stronger than sheer size, so he decided to build a complex that was almost a kilometre long,' Koch says.

'It's the biggest mausoleum if not in the world, at least in Asia.' Twenty thousand people were deployed to work on it. The material was brought in from all over India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to transport it to the site. According to a court historian Abdul Hamid Lahori, a network of wells was laid down along the river line and was filled with stones and other solid materials in order to lay a strong foundation of this grand mausoleum.

The chief architect of Taj was a Persian named Ustad Isha Khan (a well known architect of his time) who was assisted by other architects to make Taj Mahal a profound fusion of Persian, Turkish, Indian and Islamic architecture. To make it most gorgeous architectural piece, as many as 28 precious and semi-precious stones were used in the ornamentation with their best combination. But the thing, dominantly used in ornamentation was the famous snow white marble that was found in Makrana (Rajasthan). Other semi-precious stones were brought from distant region of India, Ceylon and Afghanistan; Jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal from China, turquoise from Tibet, lapis lazuli & sapphire from Arabia and diamonds from Panna.

Red sand stones of different tints that constitute the base were requisitioned from neighboring quarries of Sikri, Dholpur etc. Over all, so exquisite is the workmanship that it is said “having been designed by the giants and finished by jewelers“. Emperor Shah Jahan himself described the Taj in these words: Should guilty seek asylum here, Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.

Should a sinner make his way to this mansion, All his past sins are to be washed away. The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs, And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes. In this world this edifice has been made, To display thereby the creator's glory! By the late 19th century, parts of the buildings had fallen badly into disrepair. During the time of the Indian rebellion of 1857, the Taj Mahal was defaced by British soldiers and government officials, who chiseled out precious stones and lapis lazuli from its walls. At the end of the 19th century, British viceroy Lord Curzon ordered a massive restoration project, which was completed in 1908.

He also commissioned the large lamp in the interior chamber, modeled after one in a Cairo mosque. During this time the garden was remodeled with British-style lawns that are still in place today.