Real history of Taj Mahal

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Real History of "Taj Mahal"

 

"The Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal

built the Taj Mahal. It was built in 22 years (1631 to 1653) by 20,000

artisans brought to India from all over the world! . Many people

believe Ustad Isa of Iran designed it." This is what your guide

probably told you if you ever visited the Taj Mahal. This is the same

story I read in my history book as a student.

 

NOW READ THIS.......

 

No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the

whole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story,

Oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu

temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya).

 

In the course of his research Oak discovered that the Shiva temple

palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai

Singh. In his own court chronicle, Badshahnama, Shah Jahan admits that

an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai

Singh for Mumtaz's burial. The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur still retains in

his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for surrendering the

Taj building.

 

Using captured temples and mansions, as a burial place ! for dead

courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers.For

example, Humayun,Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried

in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with the name of Taj Mahal.

 

He says the term "Mahal" has never been used for a building in any

Muslim countries from Afghanisthan to Algeria. "The unusual

explanation that the term Taj Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was

illogical in atleast two respects. Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz

Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," he writes.Secondly, one cannot omit the

first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder

as the name for the building.

 

"Taj Mahal, he claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord

Shiva's Palace. Oak also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan

is a fairy tale created by court sycophants, blundering historians and

sloppy archaeologists. Not a single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's

time corroborates the love story.

 

Further more, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal

predates Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva,

worshipped by Rajputs of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller

of New York took a few samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj.

Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300 years older than

Shah Jahan. European

 

traveler Johan Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven

years after Mumtaz's death), describes the life of the city in his

memoirs. But he makes no reference to the Taj Mahal being built.

 

The writings of Peter Mundy, an English visitor to Agra within a year

of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the Taj was a note worthy building

well before Shah Jahan's time. Prof. Oak points out a number of design

and architectural inconsistencies that support the belief of the Taj

Mahal being a typical Hindu temple ratherthan a mausoleum.Many rooms

in the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed since Shah Jahan's time and

are still inaccessible to the public. Oak asserts they contain a

headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects commonly used for

worship rituals in Hindu temples. Fearing political backlash, Indira

Gandhi's government tried to have Prof. Oak's book withdrawn from the

bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of

 

the first edition dire consequences. There is only one way to

discredit or validate Oak's research.

 

The current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal

under U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate.

 

Do circulate this to all you know and let them know about this reality.....

 

 

 

 

 

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