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No one has ever challenged it
except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the whole world has been duped. In
his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen
Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo
Mahalaya ) . In the course of his research O ak discovered that the Shiva
temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai
Singh. In his own court ch ronicle, Badshahnama, Shah Jahan admits that an
exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai SIngh for
Mumtaz's burial . The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur still retains in his secret collection
two orders from Shah Jahan for
surrendering the Taj building.
Using captured temples and mansions, as a burial place for dead courtiers and royalty was a
common practice among Muslim rulers.
For example, Humayun,Akbar,
Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried in such mansions. Oak's inquiries
began with the name of Taj Mahal. He says the term " Mahal " has
never been used for a building in any Muslim countries from Afghanisthan to Algeria .
"The unusual explanation that the term Taj Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal
was illogical in atleast two respects.
Firstly, her name was never
Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," he writes. Secondly, one cannot omit the
first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder as
the name for the building."Taj Mahal, he claims, is a corrupt version of
Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva's Palace . Oak
also says the love story of
Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court sycophants, blundering
historians and sloppy archaeologists Not a single royal chronicle of Shah
Jahan's time corroborates the love story.
Furthermore, Oak cites several
documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates Shah Jahan's era, and was a
temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped by Rajputs of Agra city. For
example, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York took a few samples from the riverside
doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300 years older
than Shah Jahan. European traveler Johan Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra
in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz's death), describes the life of the
city in his memoirs. But he makes no reference to the Taj Mahal being
built. The writings of Peter Mundy, an English visitor to Agra within a
year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the Taj was a noteworthy building
well before Shah Jahan's time.
Prof. Oak points out a number of
design and architectural inconsistencies that support the belief of the
Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple rather than a mausoleum. Many rooms in
the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed since Shah Jahan's time and are
still inaccessible to the public . Oak asserts they contain a headless
statue of Lord Shiva and other objects commonly used for worship rituals
in Hindu temples Fearing political backlash, Indira Gandhi's
government t ried to have Prof. Oak's book
withdrawn from the bookstores,
and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition dire consequences .
There is only one way to discredit or validate Oak's research.
The current government should
open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal under
U.N. supervision, and let
international experts investigate.
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