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Item ID: 181874  
  

India Old Postcard TAJ MAHAL Agra, View taken from River, Printed in Switzerland

Vintage British Indian Old Postcard. India. TAJ MAHAL, Agra, View taken from The River Scene. Commenced in 1637 and completed in 1648 A.D. by the Emperor Shahjahan. Wonderful Building in the world.

The Taj Mahal, Agra. A dream of Oriental splendour, fashioned as the last resting place for the "Exalted One of the Palace", the wife of Shah Jehan. "If there is a heaven on earth it is this, it is this".

Publisher: Printed in Switzerland
Background: Taj Mahal is the name of a monument located in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mugal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his Persian wife, Arjumand Banu Begum who was later known as Mumtaz Mahal (meaning "elect of the palace"). It took 23 years to complete (1630 - 1653).

Price:£3.99€5.19US$5.47

India Old Postcard TAJ MAHAL Agra, View taken from River, Printed in Switzerland


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