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TAJ MAHAL.....the real history!!!!
Real History of "Taj Mahal(?)"
"The Moghul 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 same story I read in my history book as a student.
NOW READ THIS.......
No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the
whole
world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says
the
Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace
of
Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya) . In the course of his
research Oak discovered
that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from
then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. 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 began with the name of Taj Mahal. He
says the
term "Mahal" has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries
from
Afghanisthan to Algeria. "The unusual explanation that the term Taj
Mahal
derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast two respects.
Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," he
writes.
Secondly, 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 Lord Shiva's Palace . Oak
also says the love
story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by
court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists . Not
a
single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love
story.
Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal
predates
Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped by
Rajputs
of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York took a few
samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests
revealed that the
door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan . 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 Taj Mahal 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 well before Shah Jahan's time.
Prof. 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 Lord Shiva and other objects
commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples .
Fearing political backlash, Indira Gandhi's government tried to have
Prof. Oak's book withdrawn from the
bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition
dire consequences . There is only one way to discredit or validate
Oak's research.
The current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal
under
U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate.
Do circulate this to all you know and let them know about this
reality.....
Hey guys please check this link ........it adds as a visual proof
Please Don't miss the photo galary, which stands as a proof for all the
above claims......pls. Click on the below link..
http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the...dic_temple.htm
