Taj Mahal: Then and Now

White marble mausoleum built at Agra by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, completed around 1653.

Taj Mahal, historical view — The Taj Mahal photographed by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Samuel Bourne, 1834–1912, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country today	India
Status	Standing
Date	1653
Nearest city on the map	Agra (about 3 km)
Location	27.175° N, 78.042° E

Map showing Taj Mahal in 1650 — Border map for 1650. See the world in 1650.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–401 BC	Surasena
400 BC–324 BC	Hindu kingdoms
323 BC–301 BC	Magadha
300 BC–101 BC	Mauryan Empire
100 BC–2 BC	Kushan Empire
1 BC–199	Hindu kingdoms
200–299	Magadha
300–599	Gupta Empire
600–799	Hindu kingdoms
800–999	Gurjara Pratihara
1000–1099	Rajput kingdoms
1100–1199	Paramas
1200–1599	Sultanate of Delhi
1600–1782	Mughal Empire
1783–1799	Mahratta states
1800–1814	Rajputs
1815–1879	Maratha Confederacy
1880–1944	British Raj
1945–today	India

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