印度阿格拉有个流传了几百年的故事。1653年，泰姬陵完工，莫卧儿皇帝沙贾汗下令砍掉两万名工匠的双手——好让世上再也没人能造出同样美的建筑。有些版本更狠，说连眼睛也一起挖了。这是全世界最有名的传说之一。也是彻头彻尾的假话。
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The place
Taj Mahal
永恒之手
泰姬陵工匠断手传说的真相——一个跨越三座城市的谎言，和它掩盖的自由与尊严
1632–1653 (construction of the Taj Mahal); myth origins uncertain, popularized 19th–20th centuryTaj Mahal
故事寓意
“泰姬陵的真正故事不是“美必须以痛苦为代价”，而是“美需要自由”——地球上最伟大的爱情纪念碑，不是奴隶或囚犯建造的，而是自由的双手，领着工资，刻着署名，代代相传。”
人物
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Shah Jahan (Emperor)U
Ustad Ahmad Lahori (chief architect, 'Wonder of the Age')A
Amanat Khan Shirazi (master calligrapher, born Abd ul-Haq)L
Lutfullah Muhandis (Ahmad Lahori's son, poet and mathematician)A
Ataullah Rashidi (Ahmad Lahori's son, architect of Bibi Ka Maqbara)E
Ebba Koch (art historian, University of Vienna)来源
Abdul Hamid Lahori, Padshahnama (c. 1648); Lutfullah Muhandis, Diwan-i-Muhandis (manuscript, Mahmud Banglori collection, Bangalore); Ebba Koch, The Complete Taj Mahal and the Riverfront Gardens of Agra (2006); Stith Thompson, Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1955-58), motifs W181.2 and S165.7; S. Irfan Habib, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Rana Safvi, 'The Architect of the Taj Mahal' (2019)