英语导游词-泰姬陵

英语导游词:泰姬陵

泰姬陵全称为泰姬-玛哈尔陵，是一座白色大理石建成的巨大陵墓清真寺，是莫卧儿皇帝沙贾汗为纪念他心爱的妃子于1631年至1653年在阿格拉而建的。位于今印度距新德里200多公里外的北方邦的阿格拉(Agra)城内，亚穆纳河右侧。由殿堂、钟楼、尖塔、水池等构成，全部用纯白色大理石建筑，用玻璃、玛瑙镶嵌，具有极高的艺术价值。

the construction of this marble masterpiece is credited to the mughal emperor shah jahan who erected this mausoleum in memory of his beloved wife，arjumarid bano begum; popularly known as mumtaz mahal，who died in a.h. 1040 (a.d. 1630)。泰姬陵是国王shah jahan为了自己死去的妻子bano建造的。

her last wish to her husband was to build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen before. thus emperor shah jahan set about building this fairy tale like marvel. 这为王后的最后期望是希望的她的丈夫为她建造一个世界前所未有的坟墓。

the construction of taj mahal was started in a.d. 1632 and completed at the ended in 1648 a.d. for seventeen years，twenty thousand workmen are said to have been employed on it daily，for their accommodation a small town，named after the deceased empress- 'mumtazabad'，now known as taj ganj，was built adjacent to it. 泰姬陵于公元1632年开始建造，花费了17年的时间，在每天都动用了2万工人。

amanat khan shirazi was the calligrapher of taj mahal，his name occurs at the end of an inscription on one of the gates of the taj. poet ghiyasuddin had designed the verses on the tombstone，while ismail khan