Plain and simple: This is the reason you come to Agra. The Taj Mahal is a majestic tomb built in the Mughal style, which combines Indian, Islamic and Persian architectural principles. Visitors ...

Commemoration of the 370th death anniversary of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who commissioned the Taj Mahal, began on Sunday. A three-day ‘urs (death anniversary)’ began with the offering of ‘chadar’ on ...

Just about 23 miles west of Agra, Fatehput Sikri lay empty for hundreds ... Akbar's royal chambers, the tomb of the saint that granted Akbar's destiny (the Tomb of Salim Chisti) as well as Jami ...

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Despite its beauty, the Taj Mahal has its own mysteries, and one of these has sparked a conspiracy theory. Some people claim ...

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This major exhibition at the V&A assembles a dizzying array of objects and artwork commissioned by the era’s most famous emperors to tell the story of their dynasty.

I’d been to India once before, a decade or so ago, when this year a chance presented itself to go back and take my mum, a ...

Riding is more than merely keeping a hand on the clutch, a foot on the brake, and eyes on the road; it is about shedding ...

A collection of artifacts has been found in one of the largest and most complex Chu-era burials ever found. This cache is ...