The Mogul 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 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 that 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.
ShahJahan 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. First, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal
but
Mumtaz-ul-Zamani,"
he writes. "Second, 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 ShahJahan'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 NewYork took a few samples from the
riverside doorway of the
Taj.
Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300
years older than
ShahJahan.
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 TajMahal
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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reality.....
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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 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 that 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.
ShahJahan 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. First, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal
but
Mumtaz-ul-Zamani,"
he writes. "Second, 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 ShahJahan'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 NewYork took a few samples from the
riverside doorway of the
Taj.
Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300
years older than
ShahJahan.
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 TajMahal
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.
Do Circulate this to all your friends and let them
know about this
reality.....
ramm....
MAYAWATI ne kasar to na chodhi thee...