Taj Mahal - true story

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" 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 in India.

 

No one has ever challenged it except Professor 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

Mahal's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of

Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya).

 

In the course of his research, Oak discovered the Shiva temple palace

was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of

Jaipur, Jai Singh. Shah Jahan then remodeled the palace into his wife's

memorial. 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 begin with the name Taj Mahal. He says this term does

not occur in any Moghul court papers or chronicles,

even after ShahJahan's time. The term " Mahal " has never been used for a

building in any of the Muslim countries, from

Afghanistan to Algeria. " The unusual explanation that the term Taj Mahal

derives from Mumtaz Mahal is illogical in at least

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 the Shiva's Palace.

Oak also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan

is a fairy tale created court sycophants, blundering historians and

sloppy archaeologists. Not a single royal chronicle of

Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story.

 

Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal

predates Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple palace

dedicated to Shiva worshipped by the Rajputs of Agra city. For example,

Professor 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 noteworthy building long well

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

architectural inconsistencies that support the belief of the

Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple rather than 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 Shiva and other

objects commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu

temples. Fearing political backlash, Indira Gandhi's government tried to

have Oak's book withdrawn from the bookstores,

and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition with dire

consequences. There is only one way to discredit or validate

Oak's research. The current Indian government should open the sealed

rooms of the Taj Mahal under UN supervision, and

let international experts investigate.

 

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