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Show THE TAJ MAHAL. The Taj Mahal, at Agra, India, is said to be the most beautiful structure in the world. It was built by Shah Jehan as a tomb for his wife, and is of the purest white marble. It shines so dazzling in the sun that you cn scarcely look at it except in the morning morn-ing or evening. Every part is inlaid with the most exquisite designs in marble of different colors, the finish being, so perfect that the entire building build-ing may be said to resemble in delicacy deli-cacy of its workmanshtp, one of those Chinese caskets of ivory and ebony which are now so common in Europe and America. |