The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum situated on the right bank of the Yamuna River in the city of Agra, India. The fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (Reign: 1628–1658), commissioned this mausoleum in 1631 in memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth whilst giving birth to their 14th child, […]