"A white marble tomb built in 1631-48 in Agra, seat of the Mugal Empire,
by Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum, the monument sums up many
of the formal themes that have played through Islamic architecture.
Its refined elegance is a conspicuous contrast both to the Hindu architecture
of pre-Islamic India, with its thick walls, corbeled arches, and heavy lintels,
and to the Indo-Islamic styles, in which Hindu elements are combined with
an eclectic assortment of motifs from Persian and Turkish sources."

—Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture: from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. p223.

T is also for 'Tanjore painting'.
Tracing its roots to the historical golden era of the early 18th century,
Tanjore artwork is one of the many indigenous art forms for which India
is noted. Originating in Tanjore about 300 kms from Chennai( Madras),
which was the then capital of the Gupta empire, this form of art developed
at the height of cultural evolvement achieved during that period.
Crafted with meticulous care the Tanjore pictures are unique.
What sets them apart from Indian paintings in general are the embellishments
made over the basic drawings with precious and semi-precious stones as
well as the relief work which gives them a three dimensional effect.

This is a painting made by my mother. She used real gold and precious stones
to create this artwork.