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== References == === Citations === {{reflist}} === General sources === {{Refbegin|30em}} * {{Cite news |last=Ahluwalia |first=Ravneet |date=3 October 2017 |title=Taj Mahal dropped from tourism booklet by state government |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/taj-mahal-india-dropped-tourism-booklet-utter-pradesh-government-a7981171.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/taj-mahal-india-dropped-tourism-booklet-utter-pradesh-government-a7981171.html |archive-date=26 May 2022}} * {{Cite news |last=Ali |first=Mohammad |date=8 December 2014 |title=Taj Mahal part of an ancient temple: UP BJP chief |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/taj-mahal-part-of-an-ancient-temple-uttar-pradesh-bjp-chief/article6672772.ece |url-status=live |access-date=7 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208164541/http://www.thehindu.com/news/taj-mahal-part-of-an-ancient-temple-uttar-pradesh-bjp-chief/article6672772.ece |archive-date=8 December 2014}} * {{Cite book |last=Asher |first=Catherine B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC |title=Architecture of Mughal India |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-521-26728-1}} * {{Cite journal |last1=Ahuja |first1=Dilip R. |last2=Rajani |first2=M.B. |year=2016 |title=On the symmetry of the central dome of the Taj Mahal |url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/06/0996.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Current Science |volume=110 |issue=6 |pages=996–997 |doi=10.18520/cs/v110/i6/996-999 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611065617/https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/06/0996.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2019 |access-date=5 May 2016| issn=0011-3891}} * {{Cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Akbar S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xu8BAwAAQBAJ |title=Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World |publisher=I.B. 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