Is the Taj Mahal overrated?

What (REAL) documentation proves the case for ‘Taj-Mahal’...part 3?

• This is based on the Rajasthan State archives at Bikaner which preserve three ‘firmans’ (Orders) addressed by Shahjahan to the Jaipur's ruler Jai Singh. These Orders were to supply marble (for Mumtaz's grave and Quranic grafts) and stone cutters. Jaisingh was apparently so enraged at the blatant seizure of the Taj-Mahal that he refused to oblige Shahjahan for further desecration of the Taj-Mahal. Jaisingh looked at Shahjahan's demand for marble and stone cutters, as an insult to injury. He refused to send any marble and instead detained the stone cutters in his protective custody. The three Orders demanding marble were sent to Jaisingh within about two years of Mumtaz's death. Had Shahjahan really built the Taj-Mahal, why would new marble have been needed immediately after Mumtaz's death? Why do the three Orders not mention either the Taj-Mahal or the burial? The cost and the quantity of the stone also are not mentioned. Does this not prove that an insignificant quantity of marble was needed just for some superficial tinkering and tampering with the Taj-Mahal? Could Shahjahan have built a fabulous Taj-Mahal by dependening on a non-co-operative Jaisingh? Why do the Indian Government officials ignore this evidence?

• Answer:

  There are numerous myths and story about the Taj, one even says that Taj Mahal was a Shiv Mandir. I think there shud b a proper study done on the Taj.