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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 22

THE TAJ MAftAL ITS UNKNOWN RIVAL DOST SIX MILLION RUPEES UUbl bIX MILLIUN KUrttb TTAWTISnUnr STT?TTPTri?F HAI\DS(ME fSfRUCrUEL _ .ill dispel tleUlusiou. Thoso vLde, fully graceful curves and the symmetry f Li™ =r« ~pmil;i,. tn fW Tai will be^ftmnd to be consrtcuous by their inu be tound. to be conspicuous oyineir ab^ce. Yet it mis ontended to be a rival to the Taj, and was constructed just two decades after the unique monnment of Shah Jehan had been given its-finishing touches ana gleamed like a newly-blossomed white rose 011 the banks of the Jumna, says an Euglish. paper. Its ambitious architect, A'taAula, who tuUt it at the bidding of Prince Azam Shah to the memory of his mother, Begum Rabia Daurani, the consort of Aurangzeb, had but succeeded in producing : , colourable f imitation of^lndia's architectural masterpiece. The mausoluem stands m the Begumpura suburb of Aurangabad, which was the captial of the* Wean while Aurangzeb was its Viceroy, and was built between ihe years of 1650 and aesr; and its cost, as given in the "Tawarikh Nama" Of Anrangzeb's reign, written by Gulam Mustafa, was Vfnn^nt 7 ' Anla',^* B P"""^ acquainted with some of the architects who had accomplished the miracle m marble at Agra, but the age of decline in architecture had set in so rapidly in India that although the Bibi Mukbarra, as -the Aurangabad monument is "M rSt, -b t CTfr^v "d boautiiul ana interested building, it is in every respect inferior to its celebratCOMPAEISON. ■ The following description of the SSETrf «2r m s" M aai2°3sU; a standard of comparison between thf original and its only known imitation. X^'Stf Tio™" l^ 3' SH:-SS« Thrcentro oF xlze ouK TaH "ta P"tlCo- ' ..S^£^' m r,svTir and the higher one leads into a gallery tor music. The centres of the three remaining walls have open paT ii ion s which, with tho entrance in the southera vrall, are connected by broad tesselated pavements with the tomb ulaced in thePmiddle of the enclosure P The pavements am ornamented with fountains and little 1 knots in all tho picturesque variety of Indian art; and the corner spaces are occupied with gardens of fruit trees, cypresses, and evergreens T he Darga rests on a. trap runs round the edge of the platform; and a flight of steps leads down, to the garden bolow which is still maintamed by a local gentleman. ' A PAVILION _ . A PAVILION. . the tomb is square and has a lofty pointed arch, extending the whole height on each side. A 'magnificent A flight of steps descends from tho platform into thebody of the building, where the tomb is surrounded by a screen work of perforated marble, Another entrance at the south-east r™ro«T,»™™, FINISHED WITH CEMENT. The three windows of marble trellis work ana the accompanying panels with X^lo^thi f d Ughtlof -SSi^HSitihiK'tJSU t£ SSS^S^^-rt^v'^ inside is paved with, white marble, which is also usea for the jambs of the doorways The cupola, aa already mentioned, is of white marble procured ±Rom Jeypur; ana the same material occurs in the lower parts of the tuildmg The finishing touches are'given with » beautiful white micaceous cement. The groundwork of marble is not mlaia-with, precious stones, which. forms the characteristic feature'of tho Taj Mahal; its place has been sup^ plied with .wreaths, scrolls, frets ana other elegant form, in stucco-plaste A majid stands on tho platform on the west side, and has fivo cusped an^Tf^nt Ct- f -eaCh« COrner piuasters on the back wall. The decoraV™ 2 ? srontua5 ront u a^ 6 chaste and neat and consist of arched recesses, .rosettes, and other ornaments below the cornice. . Indeed, though lacking much of the singularly leautiful symmetry and rich twenS *t%^Ss to conlt6. i to°k J6 is well worthy of a visit ami U O n the preservation of thii Wo i*7 «diti?n of The famous T^i ArlhM Babad tamous laj Mahal. ACCIDENTS - m^S?V^™^*^ C%gJ^*t street, fractured his right leg Tlie Free Ambulance took him to hospital Shirley Usmar, a child of 6 Orangi Kaupapa Road, was taken to hospital V the s.^-y^'a.s Cay. . . As the result-of a fall yesterday afternoon, W. Patient, a eycle-makei-, of 44 Bolton Street, Petbne, fractured his left forearm. After being attended to by Dr Harding he was taken to hospital by the' Free Ambulance. * - "■ ■■ ... "-' " -.-.: .. .. "I Britain', toy-making; industry ha, now pow^ to such a size that the annm.l outpat -*■ valued at. £42.000..000. ' ,