Shah Jahān period architecture

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Khāṣṣ Mahal, the private apartments of the emperor Shah Jahān in the fort at Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, c. 1637.

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Date	1628 - 1658

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Khāṣṣ Mahal, the private apartments of the emperor Shah Jahān in the fort at Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, c. 1637.

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