The Taj Mahal: Love and Death (TRIH ep 362)
1632 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook speak with Dr. Mehreen Chidurazvi (also referenced as Maureen Cheeda-Razvi) about the history, construction and symbolism of the Taj Mahal. The conversation traces Mughal origins from Babur through Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan, explains Persian and Timurid artistic influences, and examines the relationship between Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal that prompted the mausoleum. They cover construction chronology (mausoleum 1632–1636; full complex by...
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- English Civil War (1642)
- Edo period (1603)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
- Shakespeare's Hamlet (1601)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Taj Mahal built (1632)