Guest guest Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 I have been following this discussion about Taj Mahal being of Vedic origin or some thing about it being 100% pan-Indian. But what is the big deal. Let me remind you that Aldous Huxley ( or was that Bertrand Russell ? - my memory is a little confused ) visited the Taj Mahal and his comments were that it was a great example of the 'poverty of imagination' of its architect. THe Taj Mahal generates a lot of revenue for Indian Govt. I think a estimate was that 40% of all tourists to India visit it. And people write these fantastic praises like - the world is divided between those who have seen the Taj and not and includes people like Bill Clinton and so many others. But it is nothing more that 20,000 peoples blood and sweat and all the vast money of the mughals. As a work of art it is mediocre and average. So if any of us wants to pride himself on the greatness of Indian architecture he should look elsewhere like the Khajuraho temple etc not at the Taj Mahal. Chetan Pandey --- smykelkar wrote: > "But why does the Taj > resemble so closely then buildings constructed by the ancestors of > the Moghuls in Samarkand centuries earlier?" > > Timur the lame after his assault on Delhi took many artisans back to his > homeland. > > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 INDOLOGY, smykelkar@a... wrote: > >But that would support the idea that the Taj was built by the > Moghuls. > > >Regards, > Paul Kekai Manansala > > If the structure is at least 300-400 years older as suggeted by the carbon > datings, Timur would have wanted to build simillar ones in his own country also. Radiocarbon dating is not very accurate for recent events. Dating is impossible for objects less than 300 years old and unreliable for those around 500 years old. Are any of the other similar structures older than the Taj? I've been there myself and it's quite impressive. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Regards, Paul Kekai Manansala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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