RE: What do you like about Religion?
March 4, 2012 at 10:45 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2012 at 10:45 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:And it's black mirror image, on the other side of the river, is poetic genius.
Indeed,or it would have been,had it been built.
I found the information below below about building materials used in the Taj:
Quote:Other materials which were used for the construction of Taj Mahal included different kind of bricks, Gaj-i-Shirin (sweet limestone), Khaprel or tiles, Qulba or Spouts to lead off water, San, Gum, Sirish-i-Kahli or reed glue, Gul-i-Surkh or red clay, Simgil (silver clay) and glass. The center and skeleton of the main building is made up of extra strong brick masonary in which massive white marble slabs, have been used on the headers and stretchers system to give it a white marble outlook. Country ingredients such as molasses; batashe (sugar-bubbles), belgiri-water, urd-pulse, curd, jute and Kankar (pieces of fossilized soil) were mixed with lime mortar to make it an ideal cementing material.
http://www.agraindia.org.uk/taj-mahal/ar...-used.html