Taj Mahal

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Plinth

A heavy base supporting a statue or vase

Minerates

A minaret, from Arabic: منارة‎‎ manāra, lit. "lighthouse", also known as Goldaste, is a distinctive architectural structure akin to a tower and typically found adjacent to mosques.

Agra India

Agra is a city in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. It's home to the iconic Taj Mahal, a mausoleum built for the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan's wife,

India

India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain - from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline

Indians

Indian people are citizens of India, the second most populous nation containing 17.50% of the world's population. "Indian" refers to nationality

Mecca

Islam's holiest place Muslims have to face the deriction of it every time they pray , it is the birth place of prophet Mohammad and faith itself,only Muslims are allowed in the city of mecca

pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on the crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia. It is the sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people.

Red fort

Supervised by Shah Jahan, it was completed on 6 April 1648. The fortress-palace was a focal point of the medieval city of Shahjahanabad, which is present-day Old Delhi.

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is\an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.

Temple

a building where Indians or other religions come to pray to they're god or gods

Finial

a finial is a rod with three globes and a crescent moon, its a symbol of Islam the three globes represent animals, humans, and angels.{originally the finial was made out of gold}.

Tomb

a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead

Turbans

a mans headdress made out of silk or cotton its mostly worn by Muslims and Sikhs

Mogul

a member of the Muslim dynasty of Mongol origin founded by the successors of Tamerlane, which ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century.

Shah Jahan

a muslim emperor that had reigned over india from January ,1628 to 1658

Mosque

a place where Muslims come to pray to their god and learn more about they're religion

Emperor

a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

Jewelry

personal ornaments, such as necklaces, rings, or bracelets, that are typically made from or contain jewels and precious metal.

Muslims

religious people who believe that there is only one god which is Allah who created everything in the universe and Muslims believe that Mohammad is Allah messenger and he is the last prophet of Islam

Mumtaz Mahal

shah jahan's favorite wife who died and was buried in Taj Mahal, which was named after Mumtaz Mahal's last name


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