Itimad-ud-Daulah

Submitted by Pam Baker on Sat, 2005-12-31 14:25.
Itimad-ud-Daulah

Here are a couple of photos from Itimad-ud-Daulah in Agra. This is a tomb built for the Emperor Jehangir's Chief Minister by the minister's daughter who just happened to be married to the Emperor. It predates the Taj Mahal but the stonework is very impressive as you can see from the photos at the bottom, including a real close-up of the stone itself. This tomb is on the opposite side of the Yamuna River from the Taj, so the previous photo of the washer wallahs was taken as we were crossing the river to get to this tomb. The lower photo is Dave looking out at the riverbed, where they are planting marsh reeds that they will later harvest to make hand brooms.

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