India and daily life in Bengal . Building a house for the poorer clas<. The Taj Mahal, Agra Architecture 79 three hundred and thirteen feet square and eighteenfeet high, and is built of pure white marble. On thefour corners of this platform are marble minarets onehundred and thirty-three feet high, with winding stair-ways in the center, from bottom to top. On the top isa balcony, and the outlook from this is perfectly en-=chanting. In the center of this platform rises the Taj,one hundred and eighty-six feet square, with the cor-ners, to the extent of thirty-three feet, cut off, formingan ir
India and daily life in Bengal . Building a house for the poorer clas<. The Taj Mahal, Agra Architecture 79 three hundred and thirteen feet square and eighteenfeet high, and is built of pure white marble. On thefour corners of this platform are marble minarets onehundred and thirty-three feet high, with winding stair-ways in the center, from bottom to top. On the top isa balcony, and the outlook from this is perfectly en-=chanting. In the center of this platform rises the Taj,one hundred and eighty-six feet square, with the cor-ners, to the extent of thirty-three feet, cut off, formingan irregular octagon. In the center is the great dome,fifty feet in diameter and eighty feet high. Exactlyunder the center of this dome are the marble sar-cophagi of the emperor and his wife. The light is ad-mitted through trellis work, wrought exquisitely inslabs of white marble, producing the most soft andchastened effect. In many places precious stones areinlaid in many kinds of designs. The echo is not the least wonderful thing aboutthis structure. If one stands by the m
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