Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal/Bibliography

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• Asher, Catherine Ella Blanshard [2003]. The New Cambridge History of India, Vol I:4 - Architecture of Mughal India (Hardback, in English), First published 1992, reprinted 2001,2003. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 368. ISBN 0-521-26728-5. 
• Aziz, Abdul (1928). "History of the Reign of Shah Jahan" (in English). Journal of Indian History 6: 127-47. ^[e]

• Begley, Wayne (March 1979). "The myth of the Taj-Mahal and a new theory of its symbolic meaning" (in English). Art Bulletin: 7–37. ^[e]

• Begley, Wayne E.; Desai, Z.A. [1989]. Taj Mahal - The Illumined Tomb (Hardback, in English). University of Washington Press, 392. ISBN 978-0295969442. 
• Begley, Wayne E.; Grabar, Oleg (Ed.) (1983). Four Mughal Caravanserais Built during the Reigns of Jahangir and Shah Jahan (English) (pdf). Muqarnas Volume I: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture 167-180. Yale University Press (Newhaven). Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
• Bernier, François [1891]. Travels in the Moghul Empire A.D. 1657-1668 (in English). Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. 
• Chaghtai, Muhammad Abdullah [1938]. Le Tadj Mahal d'Agra (Inde). Histoire et description (in French). Brussells: Editions de la Connaissance. [1]. 
• Copplestone, Trewin. (ed). [1963]. World architecture - An illustrated history (Hardback, in English). London: Hamlyn. ASIN B0000CNOL6. 
• Harkness, Terence; Sinha, Amita (July 1, 2004). Places / Projects -- Taj Heritage Corridor: Intersections between History and Culture on the Yamuna Riverfront (English) (pdf). Vol. 16: No. 2, page 62-69. Places. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
• Kambo, Muhammad Salih [Vol I. 1923, Vol. II 1927]. Yazdani, Ghulam: Amal-i-Salih or Shah Jahan Namah. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press. 
• Koch, Ebba [Aug 2006]. The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra (Hardback, in English), First. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 288 pages. ISBN 0500342091. 
• Koch, Ebba (1997). "Mughal Palace Gardens from Babur to Shah Jahan (1526-1648)" (in English). Muqarnas 14: 143-165. ^[e]

• Lahauri, Abd al-Hamid [Vol I. 1867, Vol. II 1868]. Maulawis Kabir al-Din Ahmad and 'Abd al-Rahim under the superintendence of Major W.N. Lees: Badshah Namah. Calcutta: College Press. 
• Latif, Syad Muhammad [1896] (April 2003). Agra: Historical and Descriptive - With an Account of Akbar and His Court and of the Modern City of Agra (in English). Asian Educational Services. ISBN 8120617096. 
• Petruccioli, Attilio (ed.); Koch, Ebba (1997). The Mughal Waterfront Garden. Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires: Theory and Design. E. J. Brill. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
• Petruccioli, Attilio (June 2006). Rethinking the Islamic Garden (English). Bulletin 103. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
• Qaisar, Ahsan Jan [April 1989]. Building Construction in Mughal India (Hardback, in English). Delhi: Oxford University Press, 83 pages. ISBN 019562260X. 

Further reading

• Carroll, David [August 1975]. Taj Mahal (Hardback, in English). Newsweek, US, 172 pages. ISBN 0882250248. 
• Gascoigne, Bamber; Gascoigne, Christina [November 1971]. The Great Moghuls. Harper Collins, 264 pages. ISBN 0060114673. 
• Havel, E.B. [1913]. Indian Architecture: Its Psychology, Structure and History, John Murray pdf version
• Lall, John [December 1994]. Taj Mahal (Board book, in English). Tiger Books. ISBN 1855015900. 
• Rothfarb, Ed [1998]. In the Land of the Taj Mahal, Henry Holt ISBN 0-8050-5299-2
• Saksena, Banarsi Prasad History of Shahjahan of Dihli (Allahabad: The Indian Press Ltd.) 1932
• Stielin, Henri [December 1994]. Islamic India (Architecture of the World) (Paperback, in English). S.A.: Compagnie du Livre d' Art. ASIN B000ASTXA0. 
• Tillotson, G. H. R. [April 1990]. Mughal India (Architectural Guides for Travelers) (Paperback, in English). Chronicle books, 150 pages. ISBN 0877016860.