To
the Editor of the _Nineteenth Century and After_ I owe permission to
make use of my article on "The Taj and its Designers," published in
that Review, June, 1903.

CALCUTTA,

_January_, 1904.

Contents

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

The Great Moguls--I. Babar--Babar's Connection with
Agra--II. Humayun--Interregnum: Shere Shah--III. Akbar--Akbar's
Connection with Agra--IV. Jahangir--Jahangir's Connection with
Agra--V. Shah Jahan--The Monuments of Shah Jahan's Reign at
Agra--VI. Aurangzib--Agra and the Later Mogul Emperors--Agra in
the Mutiny.

THE FORT

The Muti Masjid--The Dersane Darwaza--The Diwan-i-am--Jahangir's
Cistern--The Tomb of Mr. Colvin--The Inner Mina Bazar--The Chitore
Gates--The Hindu Temple--The Machhi Bhawan--The Najina Masjid--The
Diwan-i-Khas--Jahangir's Throne--The Baths--The Samman Burj--The Khas
Mahal--The Underground Chambers--The Anguri Bagh--Shish Mahal--The
"Somnath" Gates--The Jahangiri Mahal--The Sahmgarh.

THE JAMI MASJID

THE TAJ

The building of the Taj--The Intention of the Taj--Description.

ITMAD-UD-DAULAH'S TOMB

THE CHINI-KA-RAUZA

THE RAM BAGH

The Zuhara Bagh.

SIKANDRA

Akbar's Tomb--The Kanch Mahal--Suraj-Bhan-ka Bagh--Mariam Zamani's
Tomb.

OTHER BUILDINGS AND TOMBS AT OR NEAR AGRA

The Kali Masjid--Alawal Bilawal--The Hamman--The Roman Catholic
Cemetery.

FATEHPUR SIKRI

The Agra Gate--The Naubat Khana--The Mint--The Daftar Khana--The
Palace--The Kwabgah--The Turkish Sultana's House--Hakim's
Baths--Pachisi Board--The Diwan-i-Khas--The Ankh-Michauli--The
Yogi's Seat--The Hospital--The Diwan-i-am--The Panch Mahal--Miriam's
Kothi--Jodh Bai's Palace--Rajah Birbal's House, or Birbal's Daughter's
House--The Hathi Pol and Adjoining Buildings--The Jami Masjid, or
Cathedral Mosque--The Baland Darwaza--The Stone-Cutters' Mosque--The
Houses of Abul Fazl and Faizi.

Bharatpur and Other Places in the Vicinity of
Agra:--Bharatpur--Govardhan--Muttra--Bindraban.

INDEX

List of Illustrations

The Taj Mahal

Plate I. A State Document with Shah Jahan's "Royal Hand and Seal"

Plate II. Shah Jahan, From an Old Indian Miniature

Plate III. The Inner Delhi Gate, or Hathi Pol, Agra Fort

Plate IV. Marble Balcony, Overlooking the Inner Mina Bazar, Agra Fort

Plate V. The Samman Burj, Agra Fort

Plate VI. Inner Courtyard of the Jahangiri Mahal, Agra Fort

Plate VII. Marble Screen Enclosing the Tombs of Mumtaz Mahal and
Shah Jahan

Plate VIII. Itmad