The moonlight garden: new discoveries at the Taj Mahal.

The moonlight garden: new discoveries at the Taj Mahal. ELIZABETH B. MOYNIHAN (ed.). The moonlight garden A moonlight garden is planted with white or silver flowers that will be visible under moonlight and/or flowers that are most fragrant at night (for example, night-blooming jasmine). : new discoveriesat the Taj Mahal Taj Mahal(täzh məhäl`, täj məhŭl`), mausoleum, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Yamuna River. It is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian . 100 pages, 52 colour illustrations, 3 b&willustrations, 3 tables. 2001. Seattle (WA): University of WashingtonPress; 0-295-98034-6 paperback $22.50. Dr MOYNIHAN and colleagues present a non-technical report on thediscovery of a garden -- the Mahtab Bagh Bagh, Kashmir - a town in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Bagh District - a district in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Bagh, Dhar - a town in Madhya Pradesh, India Bagh NWFP - a union council in North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan -- behind the river bankopposite the Taj Mahal. It was commissioned by the first Mughal emperorand then emulated by nobles all around and as far along as the greatbend by the Fort; but, subsequently, all of them decayed. Dr MOYNIHANexplains that the design of the later Taj related to these gardens. Hercolleagues describe the `botanical symbolism and function',waterworks and landscaping, and the archaeology (J.M. Fritz & G.Michell). The book is most elegantly produced and illustrated but, withjust one fine vertical aerial photograph, the lack of plans and a map isfrustrating.