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... marble , every arch is also adorned with white marble slabs . On these are inscribed large Arabian characters in black marble , creating a beautiful effect . Let me tell you what the British Lord Roberts thought of the Taj Mahal . He ...
... marble , every arch is also adorned with white marble slabs . On these are inscribed large Arabian characters in black marble , creating a beautiful effect . Let me tell you what the British Lord Roberts thought of the Taj Mahal . He ...
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... marble . Below , on the floor , is a marble dais supported on four legs probably meant for the prime minister . It was here in the Diwani - i - Am that the Emper- or appeared daily to hear the petitions and grievances of his subjects ...
... marble . Below , on the floor , is a marble dais supported on four legs probably meant for the prime minister . It was here in the Diwani - i - Am that the Emper- or appeared daily to hear the petitions and grievances of his subjects ...
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... marble at the top , it has five galleries with 379 steps . It is a tower of victory which some say was built by the Mohammadan Sultan Shams - ud - Din Altamash , who died in 1236 A.D. Others have said it was built by his predecessor ...
... marble at the top , it has five galleries with 379 steps . It is a tower of victory which some say was built by the Mohammadan Sultan Shams - ud - Din Altamash , who died in 1236 A.D. Others have said it was built by his predecessor ...
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Has War a Moral | 13 |
A Free India | 31 |
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