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The Emperors being as powerful as they were had strict rules while engaging with their wives, which is quite interesting. The Taj Mahal was built as a mausoleum or resting place as you would for one of the emperor queens in the 1600's. The empire was infatuated with his wife, they had a type of love no one could fathom. The queen died giving birth to their 14th son, and right before she died she requested if she could Have a building built just for her. The Taj Mahal is perfectly se metrical, and consists of designs from other mausoleum in India. The Taj Mahal during the time it was built cost India so much that a Fathom was happening at the same time. Rice was diverted from the cities to the area of the Taj Mahal to feed the architects and workers while they constructed this magnificent building out of brick and faced with layers of white marble. The main architect that that had constructed this building in located in Agra at Uttar Pradesh 282001 was named Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. With the construction of this building and labor involved I don't believe another building will ever be built quite like this

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