India and daily life in Bengal . of a house are made of brick, while the roof ismade of thatch. The most beautiful and costly buildings belong tothe Mohammedan style of architecture. These aboundin northern India, and are either mosques, palaces, ortombs. The palaces of Delhi and Agra are exquisiteworks of art; the tomb of Akbar at Secundra, nearAgra, is magnificent; the tomb of Edmud-ud-dowlahis a perfect gem; but the Taj Mahal, built by the Em-peror Shah Jehan in honor of his favorite wife, eclipsesthem all. The gateway is a magnificent structure of redsandstone, but serves only as a fit ent
India and daily life in Bengal . of a house are made of brick, while the roof ismade of thatch. The most beautiful and costly buildings belong tothe Mohammedan style of architecture. These aboundin northern India, and are either mosques, palaces, ortombs. The palaces of Delhi and Agra are exquisiteworks of art; the tomb of Akbar at Secundra, nearAgra, is magnificent; the tomb of Edmud-ud-dowlahis a perfect gem; but the Taj Mahal, built by the Em-peror Shah Jehan in honor of his favorite wife, eclipsesthem all. The gateway is a magnificent structure of redsandstone, but serves only as a fit entrance to the tombitself. From the gateway to the Taj are marble walks,with a hundred fountains on one side, and tall cypressand many other kinds of beautiful trees on the tomb stands upon a double platform. The firstis twenty feet high and a thousand feet long, and ismade of red sandstone. At each end of this lowerplatform is a mosque made of the same material. Thesecond platform is built in the center of the first, is. Building a house for the poorer clas<
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