What is the Taj Mahal?

What is the Taj Mahal?

  It is an immense mausoleum was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved late wife.

Built out of white marble and standing in formally laid-out walled gardens, the Taj Mahal is regarded as the most perfect jewel of Muslim art in India. The emperor was consequently jailed and, it is said, could then only see the Taj Mahal out of his small cell window. The white marble stone is inlaid with floral details carved from precious gems.  In places, the stone is carved into delicate vined screens called pierce work so that visitors can see into the next chamber.