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Cement had not only been invented earlier than 600 AD but was in widespread use 600 years before (roman opus cementicium as showcased in the Pantheon, still standing today). Using cemented small stones as filling for masonry was also in widespread use, especially in city and castle walls.
Regarding 2:13, many centuries before the Taj Mahal construction in 1632 AD, cement had indeed already been invented, because the Romans had been using cement and concrete for construction since before the end of the 2nd century BC.
Yes CEMENT was invented in Roman Times, but we are not talking about Taj Mahal in Rome. In India the majority of mortar that was used in building stone palaces, forts or structures like Taj Mahal, had a specially made mortar, which added with sugarcane jaggery even worked as a WATER-PROOFING agent. In India traditionally there were 57 different types of mortar used for construction, and in different parts of India, they used local ingredients, added in lime stone powder.
Cement is a modern invention. Previous civilizations such as Egyptian, Persian, Roman, Indus had invented different types of mortars depending on the nearby raw materials.
Cement is a modern invention. Previous civilizations such as Egyptian, Persian, Roman, Indus had invented different types of mortars depending on the nearby raw materials.
Some sort of cement for building with stone has been around since at least the Babylonians. If you mean concrete (cement mixed with stone and aggregate) that was a Roman invention. They used it quite differently that we do as their concrete used volcanic ash an ingredient and was quite thick. It wasn't poured like modern concrete, but was pounded into the form which also had a large amount of broken rubble (largish stones, pottery, anything hard to take up space) in the middle of each wall to both reduce the amount of concrete needed and provide dead air space for insulation. This is similar to the foundation described in the video.
@hagerty1952 Roman didn't invent cement. However it was another form of mortar. Cement is a recent invention of the 18th century by French and British from the knowledge they gained from their colonies.
Anyone else cringe when they say we can't build it these days? No, scientists don't say it'll take over 100 years. You have an informative video but you add misinformation ruins it.
@@LifeAdaEnglishas a structural engineer I can say with confidence that if we can hit bedrock, that shallow near a river, we could certainly surpass the engineering of the Taj Mahal. Your comment was a slap in the face to engineers that have designed Taipei 101, Burj Khalifa, etc…
I think the re-construction of Notre Dame proves that we have the skill and talent to build any historic building today. What we lack is the WILL and desire to do so. I’m an Architect and Professional Engineer.
nice clickbait thumbnail, if you clicked expecting to discover that theres a nucler silo under the taj mahal, sorry to disapoint you but thats not the case
Cement was invented WAY before the construction. Maybe it wasn’t known in India, but the Romans would have something to say about its supposednon-existence.
The arched foundation area at 4:25 is hollow and partly flooded. There's a well-like place from which a person can look down and see multiple underground floors that are inaccessible to the public. According to legends, as recently as the 1970s those areas were not flooded and with some difficulty it was possible to explore them. There's some legends of "hundreds of rooms" that were apparently "filled with many statues of various indian gods". Or maybe it's not all the way down to the arched foundation? Could just be inside the white-walled visible platform, as even that is at least 2 stories tall. In any case, the white platform has many windows on the river side, that were bricked up by construction workers at some point in the 1980s. Also, on the river side there was a wooden door that lead to that inner space. These doors were also removed and the doorway bricked up. Also, there's a legend that the guy who ordered its construction had initially ordered an identical building constructed on the other side of the river, to be built out of black marble, but that he had conveniently died before then. This legend has been disputed however by the facts that surely he would have known that he probably couldn't afford the second building and that surely his workers would have informed him that the soil on the other side of the river is significantly softer (possibly lacking the bedrock mentioned in the video), thus preventing the construction of something as heavy.
Double domes are not an “optical illusion”. This was a common and well-understood technique used all over the world. The US Capitol Building is a double dome, as is the dome of the Duomo in Florence Italy. It creates a concentric diaphragm that laterally braces the dome structure without the need for external buttressing.
Roman concrete, also known as opus caementicium, was invented in the late 3rd century BC. Thats somewhat earlier than the Taj Mahal. not 1532. 2:16 timestamp. This mistake throws oo doubt this entire video's validity.
Cement is a modern invention. Previous civilizations such as Egyptian, Persian, Roman, Indus had invented different types of mortars depending on the nearby raw materials.
When he said Taj Mahal uses much of modern day foundation building I laughed because modern day techniques are used from yesterday. Today supply and environmental impact plays a role. Back in those days people worked and didn't ask questions. Today you need land survey, permits, engineering technology and employ over paid foreigners and students because education isn't cheap never was never will
Written by somebody who knows very little about much of anything, but pieces together scrambled info he sourced on the web and misunderstands. Typical "expert" in 2024.
Agreed. Building heavy masonry buildings on poor alluvial soils utilizing piling systems and in some cases matt foundations. The materials and dimensions may vary, but the concepts were well understood by the time this was built. The real story here is the beautiful architecture.
Great video! I have always be fasianted by the question that how in ancinet time they build the building perfect symmetrical with out any modern equipment , can u make a video explaining this?
@@LifeAdaEnglishWatched your whole video hoping to learn about that giant structure under the Taj Mahal only to find out it looked nothing like that. Good video but I am kind of worried that if you would lie in the thumbnail, the other information in the video you may have made up.
Cement not yet invented? You need to clarify that. Cement bssically predates history. Egyptians used gypsum. Romans had their water resistant forumlas. Maybe Indians were late to the party! I do not know. That would be wild.
Sadly, every person I've spoken to who has been to see the Taj Mahal has been impressed by its beauty, but then made all the more aware of how shabby and dirty the rest of Agra is. One friend, travelling around India, got seriously ill in Agra, had spent 2 months there, recovering, and that was his overwhelming impression as well. Perhaps tourist revenues could be channelled into civic maintenance, to improve the lives of locals.
When I stood in front of the Taj Mahal back in 1985, I really felt "This is one of the new 7 wonders of the world", although there was no official attribution.
Similar to the same way Venice was built ain’t nothing new in a world where people been observing thinking and doing for 100s of thousands of years intelligence is older than the on coming of paleness in the skin
I know you are reading a carefully orchestrated script, which is rubbish! The Taj Mahal was not built in 18 months, by a people using basic hand tools, no power anything, no machinery etc., they did not build this structure or any of the other Old-World buildings. We supposed advanced people cannot build anything even resembling these structures. They were never tombs, none of them, anywhere in the world, what they were was machines for generating energy.
@@LondonPower and dome is italian not greek, the building is also based on octagram and perfect symetry in all sides that rooted on islamic teachings, it's like saying hindu temple is zigurat of indians and cathedrals is masjid of the west europeans, the newer one get influenced but still they're evolved separately so you can't say it's same architectural style, they're still different.
So dumb. Sorry. But there is little remarkable about this structure. The most of what is involves the extravagant expense for a vanity project amidst crushing poverty.
I want clarify some information-
Authenticity of Information: The information shared in this video is thoroughly verified and confirmed by the Archaeological Survey of India, a trusted institution under the Government of India. There are no personal opinions or unverified claims in this content.
Human Voice Assurance: The voice used in this video is completely human. No AI-generated voice has been used in any of my videos to maintain authenticity and a personal connection.
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Cement had not only been invented earlier than 600 AD but was in widespread use 600 years before (roman opus cementicium as showcased in the Pantheon, still standing today). Using cemented small stones as filling for masonry was also in widespread use, especially in city and castle walls.
Regarding 2:13, many centuries before the Taj Mahal construction in 1632 AD, cement had indeed already been invented, because the Romans had been using cement and concrete for construction since before the end of the 2nd century BC.
Yes CEMENT was invented in Roman Times, but we are not talking about Taj Mahal in Rome. In India the majority of mortar that was used in building stone palaces, forts or structures like Taj Mahal, had a specially made mortar, which added with sugarcane jaggery even worked as a WATER-PROOFING agent. In India traditionally there were 57 different types of mortar used for construction, and in different parts of India, they used local ingredients, added in lime stone powder.
Cement is a modern invention. Previous civilizations such as Egyptian, Persian, Roman, Indus had invented different types of mortars depending on the nearby raw materials.
So if you think this is such an impressive building, then why did you feel the need to clickbait the thumbnail for this video?
Because people lose their integrity and become greedy for views
Cement was invented since 200 BC in other civilisation... but yes this is impresive
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Cement is a modern invention. Previous civilizations such as Egyptian, Persian, Roman, Indus had invented different types of mortars depending on the nearby raw materials.
Some sort of cement for building with stone has been around since at least the Babylonians. If you mean concrete (cement mixed with stone and aggregate) that was a Roman invention. They used it quite differently that we do as their concrete used volcanic ash an ingredient and was quite thick. It wasn't poured like modern concrete, but was pounded into the form which also had a large amount of broken rubble (largish stones, pottery, anything hard to take up space) in the middle of each wall to both reduce the amount of concrete needed and provide dead air space for insulation. This is similar to the foundation described in the video.
@hagerty1952 Roman didn't invent cement. However it was another form of mortar. Cement is a recent invention of the 18th century by French and British from the knowledge they gained from their colonies.
@@GlobalSecularism - I'm presuming you are talking about "Portland cement" like we use in concrete today. I believe we're saying the same thing.
Anyone else cringe when they say we can't build it these days? No, scientists don't say it'll take over 100 years. You have an informative video but you add misinformation ruins it.
all the assumptions are from archeological survey of india there is nothing from my personnel prospective. did you confirm anything i said in video?
@@LifeAdaEnglishas a structural engineer I can say with confidence that if we can hit bedrock, that shallow near a river, we could certainly surpass the engineering of the Taj Mahal. Your comment was a slap in the face to engineers that have designed Taipei 101, Burj Khalifa, etc…
Not as hard as a cringed when he called it “more tar” instead of mortar
@@RandomCitizen-vl1wi No need to know how to pronounce words when you scramble everything about everything else.
I think the re-construction of Notre Dame proves that we have the skill and talent to build any historic building today. What we lack is the WILL and desire to do so. I’m an Architect and Professional Engineer.
"MOR-tar"? "Octo-GON-al"? I think this AI still needs something of a tune up.
Another BS thumbnail? Another thumbs down.
Agree
I didn't watch it, how BS is it?
nice clickbait thumbnail, if you clicked expecting to discover that theres a nucler silo under the taj mahal, sorry to disapoint you but thats not the case
Cement was invented WAY before the construction. Maybe it wasn’t known in India, but the Romans would have something to say about its supposednon-existence.
The arched foundation area at 4:25 is hollow and partly flooded. There's a well-like place from which a person can look down and see multiple underground floors that are inaccessible to the public. According to legends, as recently as the 1970s those areas were not flooded and with some difficulty it was possible to explore them. There's some legends of "hundreds of rooms" that were apparently "filled with many statues of various indian gods". Or maybe it's not all the way down to the arched foundation? Could just be inside the white-walled visible platform, as even that is at least 2 stories tall. In any case, the white platform has many windows on the river side, that were bricked up by construction workers at some point in the 1980s. Also, on the river side there was a wooden door that lead to that inner space. These doors were also removed and the doorway bricked up.
Also, there's a legend that the guy who ordered its construction had initially ordered an identical building constructed on the other side of the river, to be built out of black marble, but that he had conveniently died before then. This legend has been disputed however by the facts that surely he would have known that he probably couldn't afford the second building and that surely his workers would have informed him that the soil on the other side of the river is significantly softer (possibly lacking the bedrock mentioned in the video), thus preventing the construction of something as heavy.
MORE TAR!!!!
lol! Hold your horses! It takes time to heat up the tar!
Double domes are not an “optical illusion”. This was a common and well-understood technique used all over the world. The US Capitol Building is a double dome, as is the dome of the Duomo in Florence Italy. It creates a concentric diaphragm that laterally braces the dome structure without the need for external buttressing.
I was suprised to learn that the engineers used 3d cad to design the taj mahal
Oh, but they did! We cannot build that or any of the other Old-World buildings, so yes, they technology was far superior to ours.
Moreover, they wore safety gear.
Roman concrete, also known as opus caementicium, was invented in the late 3rd century BC. Thats somewhat earlier than the Taj Mahal. not 1532. 2:16 timestamp. This mistake throws oo doubt this entire video's validity.
Rome is not India.
What an idiot. Roman cement is different from modern cement.
No, it really doesn't, Captain Pedantic.
Cement is a modern invention. Previous civilizations such as Egyptian, Persian, Roman, Indus had invented different types of mortars depending on the nearby raw materials.
My thoughts too.
And there was communication between older civilisations.
Remember the name of the channel so you won' waste time on it the next time it comes up. This is a waste of time.
When he said Taj Mahal uses much of modern day foundation building I laughed because modern day techniques are used from yesterday. Today supply and environmental impact plays a role. Back in those days people worked and didn't ask questions. Today you need land survey, permits, engineering technology and employ over paid foreigners and students because education isn't cheap never was never will
Multani Mitti (meaning Soil from Multan) is actually used in cosmetics. Works like a scrub.
modern builders could build a replica that foundations would not rot. It is the cost of building that stops it from happening.
20,000 indentured servants working every day will shorten that 100 years issue
Truly magnificent and beautiful!
Our ancestors 🎉🎉🎉 Uzbekistan
After reading the comments, I’m forced to look for a documentary made from India 🇮🇳
The Roman’s invented Concrete 1500 years before the Taj Mahal, but the technology was then lost until modern times
The Taj Mahal is not one of the 7 Wonders of the World. The only one of those still standing are the pyramids at Giza.
Thank You! I did a double-take when he claimed this….
Worldwide pride and envy is reflected. Truly magnificent!
It sounds like the script was written by someone having a stroke, but I think it is probably just AI generated
No AI 100% human
"more tar"
Written by somebody who knows very little about much of anything, but pieces together scrambled info he sourced on the web and misunderstands. Typical "expert" in 2024.
please give us more information
did you notice there its no undeground zones like in yout thumbnail?
If the Taj Mahal was a McDonalds, people wouldn't eat there. It would look too expensive.
Same engineering that been used by venician 1000 years before taj mahal😂
different technology, different technique, different method, different materials, different mechanism
Agreed. Building heavy masonry buildings on poor alluvial soils utilizing piling systems and in some cases matt foundations. The materials and dimensions may vary, but the concepts were well understood by the time this was built. The real story here is the beautiful architecture.
Great video! I have always be fasianted by the question that how in ancinet time they build the building perfect symmetrical with out any modern equipment , can u make a video explaining this?
More-Tarr! like some He-Man villain…
There should be two. One black also , on the other side. In pair. For the king. One fir the queen.
What about the below grade doors by the river etc. They aren't connected?
No credit given to the architect. Engineers could not conceive of such an architectural design BTW.
The Taj Mahal - Masterpiece Of ARCHITECTURE!
I’m both an Architect and Engineer….. We are still in awe of this building today because of its *architecture*. It is a masterpiece of Islamic design.
I don't understand why you say that we couldn't build something like that today??? Shouldn't we be able to build something even more impressive?
Multani mitti or Fuller's earth, I didn't know about that used for skin care.
Also mimicking 8 gates of Jannah (paradise) with the building beautiful.
The Greeks had cement. They based it on Egyptian mortar. At one point you said "cube" when you meant :square".
Great video, keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
india had the best artisans of any nation marvhingvthose of chinese and miles ahead of romans and greeks
What actual practical value does the building have ?
It stores dookie
a monument, symbol of great civilization
Couple of dead folks.
The Romans had cement
And the Romans were the true masters of cement construction. Look to the Pantheon building if you doubt my claims…
Truly remarkable
The picture for the thumbnail is click bait
Nice video!! Thanks😊
Why did you put a fake thumbnail for such a beautiful video
due to click rate
AI stuff
@@LifeAdaEnglishWatched your whole video hoping to learn about that giant structure under the Taj Mahal only to find out it looked nothing like that. Good video but I am kind of worried that if you would lie in the thumbnail, the other information in the video you may have made up.
2min. read this comment and reply, hit disliked and don't recommend this channel. i hated AI thumbnail.
Mughals built the Taj Mahal. The Mughal Empire founder, Babur, was a descendant of Genghis Khan. The term Mughal literally means Mongol
Good expln
True, but mumtaz’s tomb is in centre and kings tomb bigger than her’s. Just been there a few days ago. Ask me anything!!!
Cement not yet invented?
You need to clarify that. Cement bssically predates history. Egyptians used gypsum. Romans had their water resistant forumlas.
Maybe Indians were late to the party! I do not know. That would be wild.
Indian also have a substitute to cement that is limestone
Cement is made out of limestone. Cooked out in the kiln using other minerais as well.
Told my wife that I'm not an emperor, who can afford to build her a Taj Mahal but I'll take her to see the real thing in India 😊❤😂
Whats in thebasement
Taj Mahal ❌
Tejo Mahalaya ✅
everything square is hindu temple to you, doesn't matter if it's perfectly symbolized islamic teachings
Built originally as a private residence, then remodeled as a Shiva temple.
Who said it was a shiva temple
everything square is shive temple to you
Its literally NOT one of the 7 wonders of the world
it is
Too bad was build in Agra, one of the dirtiest city in the world.
it wasen't dirty 400 years ago!
@@govilvambhu Kinda like San Francisco then, eh?
not dirty during muslim rule
Sadly, every person I've spoken to who has been to see the Taj Mahal has been impressed by its beauty, but then made all the more aware of how shabby and dirty the rest of Agra is. One friend, travelling around India, got seriously ill in Agra, had spent 2 months there, recovering, and that was his overwhelming impression as well. Perhaps tourist revenues could be channelled into civic maintenance, to improve the lives of locals.
This is no one of he seven wonders of the world.
When I stood in front of the Taj Mahal back in 1985, I really felt "This is one of the new 7 wonders of the world", although there was no official attribution.
Similar to the same way Venice was built ain’t nothing new in a world where people been observing thinking and doing for 100s of thousands of years intelligence is older than the on coming of paleness in the skin
you have onfused me. wooden pilling does not come in 'layers', it is vertical, always.
I know you are reading a carefully orchestrated script, which is rubbish! The Taj Mahal was not built in 18 months, by a people using basic hand tools, no power anything, no machinery etc., they did not build this structure or any of the other Old-World buildings. We supposed advanced people cannot build anything even resembling these structures. They were never tombs, none of them, anywhere in the world, what they were was machines for generating energy.
Taj built earlier than 1642!
mortar?❌
More tar! ✅
Is the Taj mahal a mosque or what?
It’s a mausoleum.
I always thought the Taj was Hindu and later claimed to be Muslim.
The THUMBNAIL is CLICK BAIT!
This is the Agia Sophia of the Asians 😂 built after 1200 years the prototype
not even similar
@_martian101 It is the same architectural style, a basilica with a dome.
@@LondonPower and dome is italian not greek, the building is also based on octagram and perfect symetry in all sides that rooted on islamic teachings, it's like saying hindu temple is zigurat of indians and cathedrals is masjid of the west europeans, the newer one get influenced but still they're evolved separately so you can't say it's same architectural style, they're still different.
@@_martian101 it mimic Hagia Sophia
@@LondonPower and cathedral mimic mosque
Taj Mahal is currently sinking due to the river drying up
The bed rock is lowering, the water layer bellow the bed rock os drying up?
Mumtaz has at least 4 graves.
Welp, now I know of another channel to avoid.
The Bahai temple in Hifa is far superior.
not as superior as kaaba
...NOT included in the "Seven Wonders of the World". But it is impressive, nonetheless. 😉
It should be.
@@thierrypauwels But of what practical value is the building?
@@rswow What is the practical value of a tomb?
@@rswow what practical vallue of the pyramid of giza?
@@_martian101 At least that doesn't have a disgusting dead body in it as its purpose for being.
Mortar = more tar?
SO WITHIN 400 YEARS THE RIVER HASN'T FLOODED AND TAKEN OUT THE TAJ MAHAL THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
You think a river flood can sweep away many hundred tons of marble?
close...but
😂 serious 😂
You can’t be?!
But … you are 😂
Taj Mahal was the only white Shiva temple of India.
Loll you’re lying and you know it
@@starkidforlife136
Tejo Mahalaya
go paint it black so you can claim it even easier
Too many errors. Check your facts source personally before transfer
all the facts provided by archeological survey of Indian(ASI)). zero opinion from my side.
Accurate facts get in the way of producing clickbait videos, and are only the province of pedants anyway.
@@LifeAdaEnglishWell, get better sources then. There are children’s books with better explanations in them than this.
Comments are brutal
Sometimes….. but in fairness, there were a lot of inaccuracies in this clip and facts do matter.
Worst pronunciation of mortar and octagonal ever!
So dumb. Sorry. But there is little remarkable about this structure. The most of what is involves the extravagant expense for a vanity project amidst crushing poverty.
Taj mahal was building by iranian engineers from shiraz not Indian.
Shah Japan did NOT build it!
Jahan
Jahan
who build it? your mom?
@@_martian101lol! Mom jokes are truly timeless gifts….. like the Taj Mahal
This video is full of mistakes ( that I'm aware of) I don't trust My thing in here. 👎🏼
What a bunch of hooey.
Lousy cheap AI narration.
But... where's the bathroom!?!?😮