The Moonlight Garden: New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal

by Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Book Overview

For 350 years, the Taj Mahal in Agra has reigned luminous and splendid as perhaps the most admired monument in the world. Visitors who gazed across the Yamuna River from the Taj pavilions have viewed what appears to be little more than farmers' fields and barren ground. But historical references as well as paintings from the time of Shahjahan (r. 1628-58) reveal that it was once densely covered by rectangular walled enclosures and lush vegetation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295980346
• ISBN13: 9780295980348
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Of course, a Pleasure Garden!

I was intrigued with the new Taj Mahal discoveries focused upon in this book. The Moonlight Garden shows that the land across the Jumna River from the Taj had been an integral part of the famous mausoleum's overall design. This book is factual and fully illusrated with photographs, drawings, and Mughal miniature paintings to help with explanations. Very helpful to me for my writing.