A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.90

c18.90

The immense enclosed complex of buildings and gardens familiarly designated as 'the Tāj', comprises the central mausoleum, the mosque on the west, a corresponding (*jawāb*) edifice on the east, intended as a place of assembly for the congregation of the mosque and the persons invited to the annual commemoration services; huge gateways with many chambers, massive enclosing walls, and various minor structures, some of which have been ruined. The purpose of all was to honour the memory of Shahjahān's well-beloved wife, the Empress Arjumand Bānū Begam, whose title Mumtāz Mahall ('The Chosen One of the Palace') has been corrupted into 'Tāj'. Out-