Hai friends,
I would like to share some stories related to Taj Mahal from the book written by Prof P.N.Oak's Taj Mahal: The True Story.. I am not saying that what the author written in the book is true or not but as an Indian I would like to know what is your oppinion about his book that its true or not ?
As far as I am concerned I would like to say that this book does not touch the real story
The Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal built
The Taj Mahal. It was built in 22 years (1631 to 1653) by 20,000 artisans
Brought to India from all over the world. Many people believe Ustad Isa of
Iran designed it.?
This is what your guide probably told you if you ever visited the TajMahal.
This is the same story I read in my history book as a student.
No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the whole world has been duped.
In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen
Mumtaz?s tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known
as Tejo Mahalaya). In the course of his research Oak discovered that the
Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur usurped Shiva temple palace,
Jai Singh.
In his own court chronicle, Badshahnama, Shah Jahan admits that
an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai Singh
for Mumtaz?s burial.
The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur still retains in his secret
collection two orders from Shah Jahan for surrendering the Taj building.
Using captured temples and mansions, as a burial place for dead courtiers
and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers.
For example, Humayun, Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula, and Safdarjung are all buried in
such mansions. Oak?s inquiries began with the name of Taj Mahal. He says
the term ?Mahal? has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries
from Afghanistan to Algeria. ?The unusual explanation that the term Taj
Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in at least two respects.
Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani,? he writes.
Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters ?Mum? from a woman?s name
to derive the remainder as the name for the building.? Taj Mahal, he claims,
is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva?s Palace. Oak also says
the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court
sycophants, blundering historians, and sloppy archaeologists. Not a Single
royal chronicle of Shah Jahan?s time corroborates the love story.
Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates
Shah Jahan?s era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped by Rajputs
of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York took a few
samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed
that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan.
European traveler Johan
Albert Mandelslo, who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz?s
death), describes the life of the city in his memoirs. But he makes no
reference to the Taj Mahal being built. The writings of Peter Mundy, an
English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz?s death, also suggest the
Taj was a noteworthy building well before Shah Jahan?s time.
Prof. Oak points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies
That supports the belief of the Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple rather
Than a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj Mahal have remained sealed since
Shah Jahan?s time and are still inaccessible to the public. Oak asserts they
Contain a headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects commonly used for
Worship rituals in Hindu temples. Fearing political backlash, Indira Gandhi?s government tried to have Prof. Oak?s book withdrawn from the bookstores,
and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition dire consequences.
There is only one way to discredit or validate Oak?s research. The current
government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal under U.N.
supervision, and let international experts investigate.
SOURCE: FREINDS AND E-MAIL GROUP
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