The Taj itself stands on a raised platform. The four minarets at each comer of the plinth provide a perfect balance to the tomb.
The minarets measure 41.6 Ih high and each has a deliberate slant outwards so that in an unlikely even! of an earthquake, they would not fall on the tomb but away from it.
Arranged for her education in a royal manner and she developed in her all the qualities and merits of a royal family. When she became young, she attracted Prince Khurram and both of them started loving each other.
From these artificial reservoirs on the walls, water was taken through iron pipes to the fountains and the running water channels. The canal is 10.5 feet wide, which run straight to the Mansoleum.