From Hong Kong to the Himalayas Or Three Thousand Miles Through India
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' " The emperor said he would.
" ' Do not marry again, lest quarrels arise among your children. Build over me also such a beautiful tomb as the world never saw. ' " Shah-Jehan promised both, and then the em- press died.
"'Were I to paint it, you all would weep; Suffice to say, the king's grief was deep. ' " The date of the empress' death was 1040 of the Hig-ree, or about 1630 a. D. During the space of seventeen years Shah-Jehan collected the materials of marble and precious stones wherewith to ...build the tomb. All parts of his dominions were made to contribute towards its magnificence, in the same way as the Jews were laid under tribute in the build- ing of Solomon's Temple. The estimate of its cost runs all the way from ten millions to thirty millions of dollars. The king died in 1665 a. D. , and was placed in a marble sarcophagus beside the empress. The manuscript says, " From this transitory world eternity marched him off to the west. " 238 FROM J/OAG-KOA'G TO THE HIMALAYAS.
CHAPTER IX.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
' " The emperor said he would.
" ' Do not marry again, lest quarrels arise among your children. Build over me also such a beautiful tomb as the world never saw. ' " Shah-Jehan promised both, and then the em- press died.
"'Were I to paint it, you all would weep; Suffice to say, the king's grief was deep. ' " The date of the empress' death was 1040 of the Hig-ree, or about 1630 a. D. During the space of seventeen years Shah-Jehan collected the materials of marble and precious stones wherewith to ...build the tomb. All parts of his dominions were made to contribute towards its magnificence, in the same way as the Jews were laid under tribute in the build- ing of Solomon's Temple. The estimate of its cost runs all the way from ten millions to thirty millions of dollars. The king died in 1665 a. D. , and was placed in a marble sarcophagus beside the empress. The manuscript says, " From this transitory world eternity marched him off to the west. " 238 FROM J/OAG-KOA'G TO THE HIMALAYAS.
CHAPTER IX.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Edward Warren Clark to read onlineMoreLess
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