Monday, September 3, 2012


Outside Main Entrance


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Main Entrance
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Garden
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Entryway to inner courtyard
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Four-tiered minaret
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Pietra dura detail
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Corridor
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Entrance to the tomb chamber
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Artwork
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Jahangir's final resting place
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Jahangir's grave
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Location: Shahdara, Lahore
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Tomb of Jahangir, is the mausoleum built for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir who ruled from 1605 to 1627. The mausoleum is located near the town of Shahdara in Lahore, Pakistan. His son Shah Jahan built the mausoleum 10 years after his father's death. It is sited in an attractive walled garden. It has four 30 meter high minarets. The interior is embellished with frescoes and pietra dura inlay and colored marble.

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