Mpu taj mahal

GROUP MEMBERSLillian Tan Ai Jun

Ling Sue Er Goh Jiayi

Tan Hwee MinLiew Li Wen

Esther Chuah Ning Sie Rivarthini A/P Cheliyen

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE THE TAJ MAHAL

I N T R O D U C T I O N

Agra, India Greatest architectural achievement

Determination Crown of Palace

H I S T O R Y

Shah JahanArjumand BanuMarried in 1612

Sir Edwin Arnold

22 years20,000 laborers1,000 elephants

Death1631 - Mumtaz Mahal

1666 - Shah Jahan

A R C H I T E C T ’S B A C K G R O U N D

SHAH JAHAN(1592 - 1666)

Mughal Emperor Military leader

The Builder of the Marvels

Artistic Director

C O M P O N E N T S &

P A R T S

A VIEW FROM TOP

MAIN GATE

1648

END OF WATERCOURSE

VERSES FROM HOLY QURAN IN

ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY

11 DOMES BETWEEN 2 HIGH COLUMNS

INTEGRAL PART

FLOWER BED & TREES

SPLASHING FOUNTAIN

POOLS

THE GARDEN

THE MOSQUE AND JAWAB

EAST WING(JAWAB)

WEST WING(MOSQUE)

LENGTH :64 METRES WIDE : 24 METRES

4 OCTAGONAL TOWER

3 DOME

THE MAIN MAUSOLEUM

CHIEF BUILDING IN THE

COMPLEX4 STOREYS

FOUR MINARETS

1 MAIN DOME 4 SMALL DOMES

BUILDINGS MATERIAL

SEMI- PRECIOUS STONES

RARE STONES

COMMON STONES

MAKRANA MARBLE

C O N C L U S I O N