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Taj Mahal

India · Arts / Architecture. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1653Date range
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Chronological records

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Jahan1653

Taj Mahal · Arts / Architecture

Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal, master builders, masons, calligraphers, etc. along with more than 20,000 laborers, worked for 22 years under orders of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to complete the great mausoleum for the shahs beloved wife

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Jahan

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