Timeline for Did the builder of the Taj Mahal have the workers' hands cut off?
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| Jun 12, 2014 at 5:35 | vote | accept | JoseK | ||
| Jun 9, 2014 at 16:27 | comment | added | rishimaharaj | There are claims that the Taj Mahal was not built by Shah Jahaan, but was instead a converted Hindu Temple (Tejo Mahalaya). PN Oak's book can be found here and here. Stephen Knapp's digital photo evidence can be found here. A BBC article can be found here. | |
| Feb 2, 2013 at 20:51 | history | protected | Sklivvz | ||
| Jun 5, 2012 at 19:33 | answer | added | EddieN120 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 2, 2012 at 6:56 | comment | added | jwenting | @Moab even is SOME hands were cut off (maybe in punishment for crimes, they were living under strict Muslim law afaik which dictates amputation for numerous crimes) that doesn't mean it was done to everyone, and certainly not "to prevent them repeating the work" as seems to be the usual claim. | |
| Feb 2, 2012 at 6:53 | comment | added | jwenting | @JoseK those records are not necessarily reliable. They were created by the Mughals' enemies, who had every reason to portray them as brutal, ruthless, villains. This myth would fit right in. | |
| S Feb 2, 2012 at 2:40 | history | suggested | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 1, 2012 at 22:06 | answer | added | Sklivvz | timeline score: 20 | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 1:07 | comment | added | David Thornley | @Moab: However, we can have legends with historical bases. It's entirely possible that Shah Jahan did do something of the sort, and that that was the basis of the legend. | |
| Aug 28, 2011 at 17:43 | comment | added | Moab | Legend by definition is something handed down by verbal communication with no other records available. | |
| Aug 28, 2011 at 6:39 | history | edited | JoseK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 28, 2011 at 6:37 | comment | added | JoseK | @Moab: The 1600s era of the Mughals was documented by Indian and Western historians. Hence my question was whether any historical references to this incident? I'll edit the question. | |
| Aug 28, 2011 at 2:31 | comment | added | Moab | How does one prove or disprove a legend? Since all the people who started it are dead....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend | |
| Aug 27, 2011 at 12:21 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | The versions I had heard involved poking out the eyes of the architects. Workers is a broad term, but I imagine most of them are replaceable , so maiming them is a poor form of DRM. | |
| Aug 27, 2011 at 2:27 | comment | added | user5341 | It's not a unique story. In Russia, the same is said of Ivan the Terrible and the artisans that built/designed Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… | |
| Aug 26, 2011 at 12:40 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/107069948974743552 | ||
| Aug 26, 2011 at 6:51 | history | asked | JoseK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |