The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-10-11

construction was commenced four years
aiter Arjanand's demise,
In keeping with an old Tartar Gus
ton, n garden was chosen as the site
of the tomb-a garden planted with
flowers and fragrant shrubs, emDlelh'
OF life, and solemn expresses, emblems
o. death and eternity. In Mogul DAYS
such garden was maintained as
pleasure ground during the owners IRE
time. and used for his interment when
lad.
The laborers came from many parts
of the world-the chief masons IRON
northern India and Bagdad, the dome
builders from Asiatic Turkey, and the
mosaic artists from Persia. Every
section of India and Central Asia was
drawn upon for materials. The marble,
spotless in purity, was brought from
Ja"pore, 800 miles away, on the backs
OF elephants and camels or by bullock
CARTS The red sandstone was contrl-
buted by Fathpur Sikrij one of the
MOgul capitals, the Jasper by the Pun
lab, the crystal and jade by China.
The turuuoises came from Tibet and
the Red Sea, the sapphires and lapis
lazul from Ceylon coral and corne-
lar from Arabia, onyx and amethysts
from Persia, and the diamonds from
Blndekund.
II engaged the unceasng labor OF
10000 men for seventeen years to com
pIete the TAI and like that other great
TO NIB. the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt
IT was reared chiefly by forced labor,
unpaid and uncared for, and thereby
produced great suffering and mortal
itv. This is the chief blcmish on the
fair fame of the mausoleum overlook
ing the Jumna.
The TAI garden is perhaps a hl1f
mile square, and is surrounded by
strjkingly beautiful wall of masonry.
If is an orderly wilderness of rich
yegetatons, to be found only in Asia
AMI the deep green's and rich browas
of the avenues of foliage unquestion-
a1ly accentuate the whiteness of the
Temple of Death. AS the garden helps
the tomb, so the tomb gives expression
to the garden.
The great gateway of led sandstone,
whose roof Is adorned by Moorish
arches and pavilions, is in itself one
of India's most perfect buildings. From
its summit a perfect view of the Tai
is had. with the Jumna flowing slug.
g,shly beneath its marble platform
aud from there the grounds are spread
before the visitor in a perfect pan
Drama. The paved avenues, all lead
Ing to the magnificent pile, miles of
marble aqueducts filed with orna.
mental fish, playing fountains-all
breathe the superlative Of art, every
differing leaf whispers o. the east.
not by its size is Arjlmands tomb
commanding, for its dimensions are
very moderate. Imagine a pinth Of
tilwless marble. 313 feet square and
islng Is feet from the ground-that
Is The foundation of the wondrous
structure. The Tai is 1876 feet square,
with dome rising to an extreme height
Of 220 feet. At each corner of the
pl'nth stands tapering minaret rear
ing its crown 1871 feet.
No building carries the idea OF PEI
soAality further than the Tai, fem
mime personality, as it should be, for
It contains no suggestion of the rug
gad grandeur of a tomb for a great
man. The TAI is the antithesis of the
Partnenon, of Napoleons resting place,
of Grants robust mausoeum on the
Hudson. sepulcher fashioned after
ordjr airy architectural canons can on'y
be conventional: the Tai is different
from all other buildings IL the world
1t Is symbolicai Of womanly grace and
purity--is the jewel the IDEA, Itself