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Jehangir's Mausoleum. Built in 1637 AD by his son,Shah Jahan,the marble and sandstone tomb of the Mughal emperor is decorated with pietra dura.
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Jehangir's Mausoleum. Built in 1637 AD by his son,Shah Jahan,the marble and sandstone tomb of the Mughal emperor is decorated with pietra dura.
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Jehangir's Mausoleum. Built in 1637 AD by his son,Shah Jahan,the marble and sandstone tomb of the Mughal emperor is decorated with pietra dura.
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The Cenotaph of Maharajah Ranjit Singh,the founder of the Sikh Empire,lies just outside the precinct of the Badshahi Mosque.
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Completed in 1676 AD by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,Badshahi Mosque can accommodate 60,000 worshippers in its courtyard. Four minarets sour above the mosque's corners.
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Completed in 1676 AD by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,Badshahi Mosque can accommodate 60,000 worshippers in its courtyard. Four minarets sour above the mosque's corners.
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View across Paradise Gardens towards Mausoleum of Taj Mahal,Agra. India
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View across Paradise Gardens towards Mausoleum of Taj Mahal,Agra. India
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View through main arched doorway looking towards Taj Mahal,Agra,India
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The domes and cupolas of the 17th-century Badshahi Mosque enliven the Lahore skyline.
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Completed in 1676 AD by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,Badshahi Mosque can accommodate 60,000 worshippers in its courtyard
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Iwans of The Taj Mahal mausoleum, southern view detail diamond facets with bas relief marble, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum southern view at dawn, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Iwans of The Taj Mahal mausoleum, western view detail diamond facets with bas relief marble, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum western view detail, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Iwans of The Taj Mahal mausoleum, western view detail diamond facets with bas relief marble, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum western view (viewed from Taj Mahal Mosque with its prayer mat floor tiles) at dawn, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum western view (viewed from Taj Mahal Mosque with its prayer mat floor tiles) at dawn, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum western view (viewed from Taj Mahal Mosque) at dawn, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum eastern view detail, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum eastern view (viewed from Taj Mahal Mosque), Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum southern view with reflecting pool and cypress trees, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum southern view with reflecting pool and cypress trees, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The Taj Mahal mausoleum southern view with reflecting pool and cypress trees, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Pietra Dura stone and jewel inlay cut in marble frescoes at Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India
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The Kalan minaret. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed,the minaret collapsed destroying a large section of the mosque. It was rebuilt during Arslan Khan Muhammed's life-time. Almost 50 m tall it so impressed Genghis Khan,he ordered that it be spared when Bukhara was pillaged in 1220AD.
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The Kalan minaret. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed,the minaret collapsed destroying a large section of the mosque. It was rebuilt during Arslan Khan Muhammed's life-time. Almost 50 m tall it so impressed Genghis Khan,he ordered that it be spared when Bukhara was pillaged in 1220AD.
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The Kalan complex,the minaret dates to 1127 AD. Built during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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Pligrims and Indian families resting outside of main facade of Taj Mahal,Agra. India
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View of Taj Mahal Mausoleum from across the Chameli Farsh (Terrace),Agra. India
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Looking towards Taj Mahal across the Al-Kawthar,the Celestial Pool of Ambundance,
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Looking towards Taj Mahal across the Al-Kawthar,the Celestial Pool of Ambundance,
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An elderly resident of Lahore,capital of the Punjab and Pakistan's most cultured city.
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Completed in 1676 AD by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,Badshahi Mosque can accommodate 60,000 worshippers in its courtyard
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View across the sprawling necropolis of the City of the Dead,also known as the Eastern Cemetery,Cairo,Egypt
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Gur-e-Mir,a mausoleum commissioned by Timur and completed in 1404AD for his grandson and heir Muhammed Sultan who died campaigning. A year later,Timur died and was interred alongside Muhammed.
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The Shah I Zandah Necropolis, built on the southern slopes of Afrasaib Hill over a period of 900 years from 11th to 19th centuries. It developed around the tomb of Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin and companion of the Prophet who was with the first Arab armies in Transoxiana and died at Samarkand in 677.
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Jordan,Petra. El Deir,otherwise known as the Monastary is one of the ancient Nabataean capital's major tombs. The classical decoration of the main facade,is evident in the finely carved sandstone.
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Jordan,Petra. El Deir,otherwise known as the Monastary is one of the ancient Nabataean capital's major tombs. The classical decoration of the main facade,is evident in the finely carved sandstone.
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A close shave: most men in Pakistan visit a barber several times each week.
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Baked-mud tombs fill a graveyard in this most Uigur of Chinese cities
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Baked-mud tombs fill a graveyard in this most Uigur of Chinese cities
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India, Uttar Pradesh, Agra, a loacl woman dressed in a saree standing in the doorway of the jawab (mirror mosque) at the Taj Mahal
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Branches of a flowering tree with red flowers frame the Taj Mahal symbol of Islam in India, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia
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The Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia
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Worshiper praying on Mevlana s Tomb at Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey
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Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India
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Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India
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Tomb of Etimad Ud Doulah, 17th Century Mughal tomb built 1628, Agra, India
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Taj Mahal from the Opposite Embankment of Yamuna River at Dusk, Agra, India
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The Kalan Mosque. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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Uzbek men sit outside The Kalan Mosque. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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India,Rajasthan,Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer Fort - balcony and tower of the main 'living' fort built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Jaisal. It is situated on Trikuta Hill and has been the site of many battles,overlooking the main modern city spread out below it defenses.
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Humayuns Tomb built by emperor Humayuns wife example of the early Mughal architecture
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View from The Valley of the Tombs with Mamluk era Fakhr al Din abn Ma ani Citadel visible in the background, Palmyra.The Valley of the Tombs, beyond the Camp if Diocletian to the west of the city, contains a large number of tomb towers, each built for a specific family.
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The Monastery Complex at Takht I Bahi, Northwest Pakistan.Kushan period, Gandhara, circa 2nd century AD.
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Northwest Pakistan.Baltit Fort was the seat of the Hunzakut royal family until 1950s and was then abandoned.It was restored between 1992 and 1996 and is now a museum.
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The Khazneh, Petra. Constructed 5th century BC. Carved out of solid iron laden sandstone to serve as a tomb, the Treasury gets its name from the story that pirates hid their treasure here, in urns in the middle of the second level.
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Masjed e Jame minaret and bazaar, Semnan, Semnan Province, Iran. Seljuk period, first half of 11th century.The Masjed e Jame is in the heart of the bazaar, further evidence of the way in which, for people of the Silk Road, faith and commerce were frequently intertwined.
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Iran, Naghsh e Rostam.Achaemenian royal tombs, set above Sasanian era bas reliefs, Naghsh e Rostam. About 4.8 km northwest of Persepolis lies the imposing site of Naqsh e Rustam in the mountain range of Husain Kuh, where Darius the Great and his successors had their monumental tombs carved into the cliff.
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China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan, Silk Route, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Emin Minaret
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India, Rajasthan, Alwar. Built in 1815, the marble and sandstone cenotaph of Maharaja Bakhtawar Singh stands alongside the City Palace at the foot of steep hills and the city's famous Bala Qila fort.
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Amasya, Sultan Beyazit II Camii mosque and Tombs of the Pontic Kings
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Amasya, Sultan Beyazit II Camii mosque and Tombs of the Pontic Kings
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