Taj Mahal – The Site Plan

Thanks to the age of google earth we all can at least see the view and details of Taj plan from the heavens. I wonder before that this magnificent view would have only been the privilege of few mortals and off course our Alien friends hovering around in their UFO's !

This is a site plan as drawn by Col. J A Hodson in year 1828.

The architectural complex is comprised of five main elements:

• · the Main Gateway or Darwaza,
  · the Garden or Bageecha,
  · the Mosque or Masjid,
  · the Rest House or Naqqar Khana, and
  · the Taj Mahal mausoleum or Rauza