Question

b) Who was the chief designer of the Taj Mahal? What is inscribed throughout the building of the Taj Mahal? (2)

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ustad Ahmad (a.k.a. Isa Khan), an architect in the court of Shah Jahan from Lahore, is most often credited as the chief architect (or plan drawer) of the Taj Mahal, based on a seventeenth century manuscript which claims that Ustad Ahmad was the architect of both the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort at Delhi.