SPECIAL PROJECT INDIA MENU

THE TAJ MAHAL, “THE MONUMENT OF LOVE”.............

A. Are these statements "True" or "False"?

Click on TAJ MAHAL HISTORY

1. The Taj Mahal was built in the meis Mughal Emperor Shahjahan's mausoleum, that is to say his tomb.

True      False

2.“Taj Mahal” is the abreviation of the deceased empress's name, “Mum Taz Mahal ”.

True      False

3. Before dying, the empress asked her husband to build a simple mausoleum.

True      False

4. Many famous artists of that time participated in the decoration of the Taj.

True      False

5. 40 types of precious and semi-precious stones were inlaid into the white marble.

True      False

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B. Compare and contrast the BASIC information given in WIKIPEDIA TAJ MAHAL about the Taj and that given in TAJ MAHAL INDIA and TAJ MAHAL HISTORY.

1. How many differences have you spotted?

2. So what conclusions do you come to concerning the differences in data?

 

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