Hidden Secrets of Bibi ka Maqbara Aurangabad-The Main Body of the Bibi ka Maqbara Aurangabad (Tomb)

The Maqbara rests on a raised platform of the red porphyritic trap. The main body of the tomb is square and not octagonal in shape as that of the Taj. The ascent to the second platform is accomplished by means of a flight of two marble steps in the centre. White marble is used on the walls up to a height of 5 feet[1] from the base. Above that, the superstructure of stuccoed stone and white marble is used again in the surmounting dome.[2]The dimensions of the three windows are 13 feet x 6.33 feet each and they are specimens of exquisite trellis framework, so fine and minute indeed, that it must have required infinite skill and care not to have damaged the material or ruined it by the least incorrect movement of the chisel or negligence of the workman, which could have inevitably happened.[3] They form the jambs of the doorways.[4]

The beauty of Maqbara seen from Minaret

Above the height mentioned the superstructure is of stuccoed stone but the large surmounting dome is of marble.[5]

Dr Shaikh Ramzan

M.A., M.Ed., PhD (History) Researcher

[1] Seely, op. cit., p. 384

[2] Ibid., p. 384

[3] Ibid., p. 384

[4] Aurangabad District Gazetteers, op. cit., p. 952

[5] Seely, op. cit., p. 384

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Hidden Secrets of Bibi ka Maqbara Aurangabad-The Main Body of the Bibi ka Maqbara Aurangabad (Tomb)