In the city of Aurangabad, the Bibi Ka Maqbara is a mostly marble-clad mausoleum built in 1669 for the chief wife of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb through a collaboration between a Hindu engineer and Muslim architect. It's known as "the Taj of the Deccan" (referring to the plateau that covers this part of India) because of its resemblance to the Taj Mahal, commissioned in Agra 30 years earlier and designed by this monument's father as the mausoleum of Aurangzeb's mother. It's laid out in a charbagh formal garden about 458 square metres in size, with fountains, a reflecting pool, and four minarets and a mosque alongside the mausoleum itself.
Read more in Tripatini contributor Twinkle Garg's post 5 of the Most Impressive Historic Spots in India's Maharashtra State.
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