Jul 31, 2023
TOI-OnlineThe Taj Mahal is an Islamic mausoleum made of ivory marble that is located in the Indian city of Agra beside the Yamuna River. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan gave his favourite wife, Mumtaz, the task of housing his Mahal's mausoleum in 1631. The grave of Shah Jahan himself is also located there.
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The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila, is a historic site in Old Delhi, Delhi, India, and served as the Mughal emperors' primary home. When Shah Jahan chose to move his capital from Agra to Delhi on May 12, 1638, he started work on the Red Fort.
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The oldest fortified city in Delhi, Lal Kot, is now the site of the Qutub Complex, which includes the Qutub Minar. According to historians, Qutub-ud-din-Aibak started construction on the monument, and Iltutmish, the Mughal emperor, finished it.
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In the Indian seaside city of Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, there is a group of religious monuments from the seventh to eighth centuries known as the Mahabalipuram Group of Monuments. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is situated on the Coromandel coast of the Bay of Bengal, some 60 km south of Chennai.
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The historical fort of Agra is located in the Indian city of Agra. It was constructed by Mughal Emperor Akbar between 1565 and 1573. Up until the Mughals seized it during the Mughal Dynasty until 1638, when the capital was moved from Agra to Delhi.
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The Qutb Shahi dynasty constructed Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, Telangana, India as the seat of the Golconda Sultanate. Golconda thrived as a trade hub for big diamonds known as the Golconda Diamonds due to the proximity of diamond mines, particularly the Kollur Mine.
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The Konark Sun Temple is a sun temple from the 13th century CE located in Konark, an Indian state of Odisha, around 35 km northeast of Puri City. King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty is credited with building the temple in 1250 CE.
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A well-preserved Portuguese fort from the seventeenth century and a lighthouse can be found at Fort Aguada in Goa, India, on Sinquerim Beach and in the Arabian Sea. It is a Monument of National Importance in Goa that is protected by the ASI.
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In the Indian city of Pune, there lies a mediaeval fort called Shaniwar Wada. The Peshwa family of the Maratha Empire lived there from 1732 till 1818. The palace was India's political hub in the 18th century following the emergence of the Maratha Empire.
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