"So far as I am able to judge‚ nothing has been left undone‚ either by man or nature‚ to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten‚ nothing overlooked. India is the cradle of the human race‚ the birthplace of human speech‚ the mother of history‚ the grandmother of legend‚ and the great grandmother of tradition." Mark Twain‚ the writer of this quotation‚ was obviously impressed by the subcontinent. Travel agents say it’s nearly
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The founder of the Mughal empire‚ Babur‚ described his favourite type of garden as a charbagh. This word developed a new meaning in India‚ as Babur explains; India lacked the fast-flowing streams required for the Central Asian charbagh. The Agra garden‚ now known as the Ram Bagh‚ is thought to have been the first charbagh. India‚ Bangladesh and Pakistan have a number of Mughal gardens which differ from their Central Asian predecessors with respect to "the highly disciplined geometry". An early textual
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The Oberoi Group has been acknowledged as one of the best hotel groups in the world. The Oberoi Vanyavilas‚ Ranthambore has been ranked the world’s best hotel by Travel and Leisure Readers Poll for 2010. In addition to this‚ The Oberoi Amarvilas‚ Agra has been ranked the fifth best in the world‚ The Oberoi Rajvilas‚ Jaipur is ranked the thirteenth best in the world and The Oberoi Udaivilas‚ Udaipur has been ranked the fifteenth best hotel in the world. The same poll ranks them as the top 4 hotels
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Akbar the Great was the third Mughal Emperor‚ ascending the throne at the very young age of thirteen. During the time of Akbar’s reign he abolished military threats from some of the most powerful empires including the Second Battle of Panipat where he defeated the Hindu king Hemu. Aside from being a great military commander Akbar the Great was also a huge influence on India’s culture and art‚ even having the walls of his palaces covered in murals. He also took an interest in Sanskrit literature
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References: Sayre‚ H. (2012). A world of art. (Sixth ed.). Pearson Education‚ Inc. Zahoor‚ A. (1990-1997). Taj Mahal‚ Agra‚ India. Retrieved from http://www.islamicity.com/culture/taj/default.htm
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The TAJ MAHAL – A symbol of Love In my opinion‚ The Taj Mahal would be a great place for a travel brochure. I visited Taj Mahal few years ago with my family. The Taj Mahal is located in Agra‚ close to the capital of India‚ Delhi. I had been hearing about the beauty and the story behind it since my childhood. After my visit to the Taj Mahal‚ I could see why it is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is beautiful not just in daylight but at night also‚ especially in the moonlight. The Taj Mahal
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and‚ two years later decided to move the capital to Sikri. Buland Daraza ------------------------------------------------- Buland Darwazameaning ’high’ or ’great’ gate in Persian. It is located in Fatehpur Sikri which is located 43 km away from Agra‚ India. It is also known as the "Gate of Magnificence." Buland Darwaza or the loft gateway was built by the great Mughal emperor‚ Akbar in 1601 A.D. at Fatehpur Sikri. Akbar built the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory over Gujarat. [1] Architecture
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and 20 teachers. We started singing songs in bus and after that dancing at mid night. Sometime later all were tired at slept. We woke up at 7 in the morning as bus was stopped for refreshment at a hotel. We reached at our hotel at 11am which was in Agra. Then we arrived for our first destination the Taj Mahal. We reached there it was shinning in our eyes from outside only. When crosses the entrance a big garden is there which leads to the Taj Mahal. A lot of crowd was there. All were enjoying its
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period. Persian for crown and palace‚ the Taj Mahal was built for the wife of Shah Jahan to memoralize her. Jahan’s wife‚ Mumtaz Mahal‚ translate as First Lady of the Palace‚ died after the birth of her 14th child. The Taj Mahal stands in the city of Agra‚ India‚ located in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Yamuna River. The design of the Taj Mahal was a combination of Islamic‚ Persian‚ Hindu and earlier Mughal architecture. Hindu craftsman‚ sculptors and stonecutters were
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The Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian subcontinent between 1526 and 1857. It consolidated the Islam culture in South Asia and in result it spread the arts of the Muslim culture and its faith. The Mughal ruling class included the Muslims despite most of the subjects in the empire being Hindu. Zahiruddin Mohammad Babur was the founder of the empire. Under his rule the dynasty remained unstable‚ and was eventually exiled
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