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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1, SPRING 2005:

Here are six additional photographs that complement the article "Mosque and Mausoleum: Understanding Islam in India through Architecture," by Joseph Piro and Iftikhar Ahmad.

Arabic calligraphy with Qur’anic inscriptions at the Taj Mahal

 

Detail of the floral design carved inlay at the Taj Mahal

 

A façade of the Taj Mahal with floral motif inlays, pointed arch
and border calligraphy with Qur’ānic passages


 

A tower on the Outer Wall of the Red Fort;
Note geometric tiles remaining at the bottom


 

Gardens in the Taj Mahal

 

A courtyard in the Red Fort with surrounding landscape