Parchin kari, or pietra dura in Italian, is the art of marble inlay ... famous and prominent examples of marble inlay is the Taj Mahal in India. The descendants of the 17th-century artisans ...

It took Shah Jahan 22 years to construct the Taj Mahal and 20,000 men toiled ceaselessly to fulfill his dream. Built of the finest white marble and inlaid with precious stones, the Taj Mahal is ...

Before returning to Windsor Castle, the Padshahnama will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art ... could have built the Taj Mahal. That man was Shah-Jahan, fifth in a line of Muslim rulers ...

An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India ...

6 min read "The Taj ... Mahal, and one few visitors take advantage of, is the view of it from across the river,” says Divay Gupta, director of programs for the Indian National Trust for Art ...