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(Doubleday, 1983)
Reviewers called it the best novel on India since Kipling. An immediate European bestseller, optioned by Indian/German producers who commissioned a six-hour mini-series, then Canadian producers with BBC.
Based on real people (ca. 1620) – an English “sea dog” shoots his way through Portuguese gallons and into an Indian port to open trade. Once on land, there’re tiger hunts, war elephants, sensual music, drugs, and sacred lovemaking.
Taj Mahal is a worlds famous monument made by Indian Mughal emperor Shah Jahan during 1631 to 1653 A.D. He made this monument for one of his favourite wife of three. It tooks 22 years and 20,000 artisians to complete this project. It is made by white marble.
Of all the long-distance trips we have taken together, the 14-day trip to Rajasthan was most impressive. We covered about 2500 km back with a rickety bus and were taken to numerous attractions. Highlights were the comfortable nights in magnificent maharaja palaces and in first class hotels. We were able to get over the efforts of the day quickly. Our tour started in New Delhi and - after visiting the magnificent Taj Mahal - we came back there again.
Mughal architecture, building style that flourished in northern and central India under the patronage of the Mughal emperors from the mid-16th to the late 17th century. The Mughal period marked a striking revival of Islamic architecture in northern India. Under the patronage of the Mughal emperors, Persian, Indian, and various provincial styles were fused to produce works of unusual quality and refinement.
(Doubleday, 1983)
Reviewers called it the best novel on India since Kipling. An immediate European bestseller, optioned by Indian/German producers who commissioned a six-hour mini-series, then Canadian producers with BBC.
Based on real people (ca. 1620) – an English “sea dog” shoots his way through Portuguese gallons and into an Indian port to open trade. Once on land, there’re tiger hunts, war elephants, sensual music, drugs, and sacred lovemaking.
Taj Mahal is a worlds famous monument made by Indian Mughal emperor Shah Jahan during 1631 to 1653 A.D. He made this monument for one of his favourite wife of three. It tooks 22 years and 20,000 artisians to complete this project. It is made by white marble.
Of all the long-distance trips we have taken together, the 14-day trip to Rajasthan was most impressive. We covered about 2500 km back with a rickety bus and were taken to numerous attractions. Highlights were the comfortable nights in magnificent maharaja palaces and in first class hotels. We were able to get over the efforts of the day quickly. Our tour started in New Delhi and - after visiting the magnificent Taj Mahal - we came back there again.
Mughal architecture, building style that flourished in northern and central India under the patronage of the Mughal emperors from the mid-16th to the late 17th century. The Mughal period marked a striking revival of Islamic architecture in northern India. Under the patronage of the Mughal emperors, Persian, Indian, and various provincial styles were fused to produce works of unusual quality and refinement.