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040			_cIISER Bhopal _aRecommended by J.K.Jha
082	0	4	_a726.809542 K811C _222
100	1		_aKoch, Ebba. _920871
222			_aGeneralia-Reference Book Collection
245	1	4	_aComplete Taj Mahal : _band the riverfront gardens of Agra _cEbba Koch ; with drawings by Richard Andre Barraud.
246	3	0	_aTaj Mahal
260			_aLondon : _bThames & Hudson, _c2006.
300			_a288 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.), maps ; _c30 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 276-280) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : the Mughal dynasty, Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal -- I. Mughal Agra, a riverfront garden city -- The Mughal garden, its buildings and its ownership -- The riverfront garden city -- Reconstruction of the riverfront scheme -- The gardens of the left bank -- The gardens of the right bank -- II. The construction of the Taj Mahal -- Shah Jahan and architecture -- Imperial mausoleums, a 'built tomb' controversy -- The architects of the Taj Mahal -- Craftsmen, materials, and construction techniques -- Construction history and celebrations of the anniversaries of Mumtaz Mahal's death -- Death and burial of Shah Jahan -- III. More than a tomb : the parts of the Taj Mahal -- The design -- The principles of Shahjahani architecture -- The principles as expressed in the Taj Mahal -- Modular planning of the Taj Mahal / Richard André Barraud -- A walk through the Taj Mahal complex -- The Jilaukhana (forecourt) zone -- The great gate -- The southern galleries -- The garden -- The garden-wall pavilions -- The riverfront terrace and the marble platform of the mausoleum -- The mausoleum -- The minarets -- The mosque and Mihman Khana, or assembly hall -- The side wings -- The towers of the riverfront terrace -- The bazaar and caravanserai complex (Taj Ganj) -- The waterworks -- Buildings outside the wall -- IV. The paradisiacal house of the queen -- The symbolism of white marble and red sandstone -- Naturalistic ornament as an expression of paradise -- The inscriptions -- Sound as an expression of eternity -- Funerary and commemorative rites -- V. Everybody's Taj Mahal -- Early travellers and picturesque discovery -- In British hands -- Visitors and comments -- The Taj Mahal in popular culture -- Conservation and future -- Postscript : visiting the Taj Mahal -- Map of Mughal India -- Lahauri's account of the complex on the occasion of its formal completion, on the twelfth anniversary of Mumtaz Mahal's death -- Factfile : detailed measurements of the Taj Mahal complex / Richard André Barraud -- Glossary.
650		0	_aTaj Mahal _920872
650		0	_aArchitecture, Mogul _zIndia _zAgra. _920873
650		0	_aGardens _zIndia _920875
650		0	_aPictorial works. _920876
651		0	_aAgra _xBuildings, structures, etc. _920874
700	1		_aBarraud, Richard André. _920879
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