[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c18.90 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.90 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.90 - **Language:** English ### [c18.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.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- - [Previous: c18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.89) - [Next: c18.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.91) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.90) · Pramāṇa