Crown of the palace taːdʒ ˈmɛːɦ ə l is an ivory white marble mausoleum on the southern bank of the river yamuna in the indian city of agra.
Taj mahal marble inlay.
It constructed in the memory of shah jahan s beloved wife mumtaz still the site represented as the world wonder and considered as the love symbol.
This is superceded by the positioning of colored stones into white marble on a large scale.
Taj mahal and its marble inlay art taj mahal is a visible love symbol of the mughal emperor shah jahan and his wife mumtaz.
Stone intarsia whereby colored marbles are inlaid into easily workable sandstone is the most basic type of inlay.
It was commissioned in 1632 by the mughal emperor shah jahan reigned from 1628 to 1658 to house the tomb of his favourite wife mumtaz mahal.
It also houses the tomb of shah jahan himself.