1. The Taj Mahal‚ located in Agra‚ India (SLIDE) which is in the Northern central of India (SLIDE)‚ is the greatest display of love there has ever been and it is still standing 361 years later. It’s a wonder at the amount of work that Shah Jahan (Mughal emperor of the 17th century) put into this impeccable monument fit for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. A. Inspiration came from his family combining strength and beauty. All while trying to build this amazing structure on a rivers edge (SLIDE) which
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Chand Bibi Chand Bibi also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana was an Indian Muslim woman warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur and Regent of Ahmednagar. Chand Bibi is best known for defending Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar. Chand Bibi was the daughter of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmednagar‚ and the sister of Burhan-ul-Mulk‚ the Sultan of Ahmednagar. She knew many languages including Arabic‚ Persian‚ Turkish‚ Marathi and Kannada. She played sitar‚ and painting flowers
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Jahan Location : Agra (Uttar Pradesh) The Taj M ahal stands in the city of Agra in the northern Indian State of Uttar Pradesh‚ on the banks of Yamuna River. The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor‚ Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal‚ also known as Arjumand Bano Begum. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ruled from 1628 to 1658. He married Arjumand Bano Begum in 1612 A.D. He called his wife Mumtaz Mahal or Crown of the Palace‚ because she was very precious to him
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Empire Niall Ferguson Introduction * To the British‚ as to people in the rest of the world‚ imperialism’s golden age is now considered a stain on human history‚ an era of slavery and racism and the plunder of native lands and peoples. The notion that imperialism is inherently evil‚ and that no empire can be a good empire‚ is an axiom in today’s geopolitics. * Examines the British Empire from an economic perspective‚ controversially concluding that the British Empire was‚ on balance‚ a
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There are some parts of the world that once visited get into your heart and won’t let go. For me India is such a place when I first visited‚ I was stunned by the richness of the land by its lush beauty and exotic architecture by its ability to overload its senses with the pure‚ concentrated intensity of its colors‚ smells‚ tastes and souls. It was as if all my life I was seeing the world in black and white and when brought face-to-face with India‚ experienced every thing rendered in brilliant Technicolor
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Sultanate is a term used to cover five short-lived dynasties‚ Delhi based kingdoms or sultanates‚ mostly of Turkic and Pashtun (Afghan) origin in medieval India. The sultanates ruled from Delhi between 1206 and 1526‚ when the last was replaced by the Mughal Dynasty. The five dynasties were the Mamluk dynasty (1206–90); the Khilji dynasty (1290–1320); the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414); the Sayyid dynasty (1414–51); and the Afghan Lodi dynasty (1451–1526). (i) Administrative Units: The civil administration
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group visiting for this memorable monument by Mughal emperor. The visit was organized by the History professor‚ who organized the tour for a spot study. We were more than thirty students. We travelled from Delhi to Agra by bus. The journey started early in the morning and we started at 9.00 am and we were there by 12.30. We fixed up our luggage in student hostel and proceeded towards the destination. Taj‚ the greatest and finish carved piece of the Mughal period was there for our objective tour.
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Art. Ancient greek thesaurus. Retrieved June 2‚ 2013‚ from http://greek-thesaurus.gr/hellenistic-age-culture.html 2. The Taj Mahal. (n.d.). Islamic Arts and Architecture Organization. Retrieved June 2‚ 2013‚ from http://www.islamicart.com/library/empires/ 3. Putatunda‚ R. (n.d.). Italian Culture: Renaissance Art and Artists. Buzzle. Retrieved June 2‚ 2013‚ from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/italian-culture-renaissance-art-and-artists.html
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Tuesdays with Morrie Aphorism Explanations Self-Forgiveness “Accept the past as past without denying it or discarding it”(pg. 18) At the time of this aphorism’s composition‚ Morrie was more optimistic than ever‚ despite his affliction with ALS slowly crippling him. Morrie used his condition of being close to death to formulate small philosophies of life‚ this aphorism was one of them. I selected this aphorism because it illustrates how although most people emit an aura of normalcy around them‚ they
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The history of Jats is glorious not only in Mughal period but also in Delhi Saltnat. The informationin from the Chachnama‚ in 809 AD that Jats reared cattle in the area of Sindh (Chachnama). According notable historian Satish Chandra “The Jat living on the both sides of the river Jamuna has a strong
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