ShahJhan

Before being crowned, Shah Jahan was popular by the name Prince Khurram.

Mumtaz Mahal was Shah Jahan's third wife who was earlier known by the name Arjumand Bano Begum.

Mumtaz Mahal lost her life giving birth to Shah Jahan's 14th child.

To build Taj Mahal, about 1000 elephants were employed that transferred the construction material from one place to another.

Taj Mahal is adorned with an assortment of 28 precious and semi-precious stones.

Depending upon what time of the day it is and whether or not it is a moonlit night, Taj Mahal appears to be of different colours.

While roaming in Taj Mahal complex, you can see different versus of Quran written everywhere.

For the construction of Taj Mahal, the materials were brought from different cities and countries, Srilanka, Afghanistan, China, Tibet,Punjab, Rajasthan,   Afganistan, Srilanka,  and Arabia.

Legend has it that Shah Jahan wanted to construct another Taj Mahal using black marble but he could not do so, owing to increasing wars with his sons.