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sumesh kumar
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Dec 31, 2005,10:30 am
FACT FILE
ABOUT
TAJ MAHAL
1 Location Agra, Uttar Pradesh
2 Built by Shah-Jahan
3 Built in 1631-48 A.D.
4 Chief architect Ustad Isa Afandi (Iran)
5 Building material Makrana marble
6 Total cost of Tajmahal Rs. 4,18,48,426-7-6
[Rupees four crores eighteen lakh, forty eight thousand four hundred twenty six annas seven and pies six only when gold was sold @ rupees 15/- per tola (11.66 grams)]
12 pie = 1 anna
16 annas = 1 rupee
7 Built in memory of Arjumand Banu Begum entitled Mumtaz-Mahal.
8 No. of workers employed for the project 20000
9 Time taken to complete the Taj 17 years.
10 Plan of main tomb square
11 Total area of of Taj complex (579.2m x 304.8 m)
12 Area of the central garden (304.8 m x 304.8 m)
13 Area of chameli farsh 970-7? x 364-10?
14 Ht. of chameli farsh 4
15 Area of the platform on which Taj stands 57m x 57m
16 Ht. of the platform on which Taj stands 5.79 m (19 ft.)
17 Area of the Chhakka 328-3?
18 Height of the hall 80 (from the pavement to the soffit of the interior dome)
19 Total height of the tomb 187
20 Total height of the bulbous dome 1458 ? (44.41m) (from the base of the drum to the apex of the finial)
21 Total height of the neck 39 ft.
22 Height of the finial 32-5 1/2?
23 Total height of the monument 243-6?(up to the finial)[187+32-5??+19+4]
24 Load factor of the dome 748 tonns/sq.ft.
25 Load factor of the walls of the cenotaph hall 7.9 tonns per square ft.
26 Load factor of the dome at its springing 12000 tonns
27 Total weight of the dome 12192.56 tonnes
28 Total height of the minaret 132'
29 Dimension of Southern gateway 151 ft x 117 ft x 100 ft.
30 Calligrapher of Taj Mahal Amanat Khan Shirazi
31 Dome Maker Ismail Khan Afridi (Turkey)
32 Superintendent of masons Muhammad Hanif.
33 Designer of Taj Mahal Ustad Ahmed Lahauri.
34 Accountant general Lala Rudradas.
35 Semiprecious stones used for inlay in the Taj Mahal Neelam, Zamurrad, Ruby, Diamond, Pearl, Pukhraj,
Lapis lazuli, Agate,
Built Heritage of Agra : Fatehpur Sikri
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sumesh kumar
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Dec 31, 2005,10:32 am
| Taj Mahal heights about 200 feet( 76 metre) |
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