Why the Taj Mahal was built
Learn why Mughal emperor Shah Jahan decided to build the Taj Mahal.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzOverview of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Neeraj Charurvedi/Dreamstime.comLearn about India's efforts to improve its education system, 2009 film.
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Written and photographed by Victoria S. Lautman; Produced and edited by Matthew Cunningham (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Stepwells are spectacular subterranean edifices “like skyscrapers sunk into the earth,” explains Victoria Lautman in the video Subterranean Ghosts: India's Disappearing Stepwells (2013), produced and edited by Matthew Cunningham.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.A discussion of some of the most important sites associated with ancient Egypt.
