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      Taj Mahal, Agra  Image Source: Elin Themer No building in India has been so often drawn and photographed as this, or more frequently described; but with all this it is almost impossible to convey an idea of it to those who have not seen it, not only because of its extreme delicacy and beauty of material employed in its construction, but from the complexity of its design.                                                                                The above-mentioned remark on the Taj Mahal is a significant one by James Fergusson, a nineteenth century Scottish-born architectural historian, in History of Indian and Eastern Architecture . This valuable architectural splendour of the 17th century India is located in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Professor James...