In 1628, the King of the World ascended the throne in ... the jewel of India, the far-famed Taj Mahal. Pearly pink at dawn and opalescent by moonlight, Mumtaz Mahal's tomb is so delicately ...

The Taj Mahal is a 17th Century riverfront mausoleum ... After Suraj Mal, a Hindu king, conquered Agra in 1761, a court priest is said to have suggested to convert the Taj into a temple.