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IS 250.2
Story of an Emigrant.
together that the joints can not be detected even by using a
magnifying glass.
In architecture the Hindoos also distinguished themselves
centuries ago by the erection of buildings which are still
objects of the admiration of the world. One of these master
works of architecture is regarded as the most beautiful ever
erected by the hands of men. It is the Taj-Mahal at Agra,
taj-mahal.
a mausoleum erected by emperor Shah Jehan over the
remains of his wife, Bengos Begum, who died in 1630. " During
a period of seventeen years after her death Shah Jehan
collected building material of marble and precious stones to be
used in the construction of the mausoleum. All parts of
India contributed to this, as did the different partsol thj Holy
Land to the temple of Solomon, and its estimated cost is
twenty-five million dollars. It is built in Moorish style, with
slender pillars, a ul its majesty an 1 beauty profoundly
impress the beholcer. M my buildings in the world excel this
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