On the Building Stones and Mosaic of Akberabad or 



Agra. 



By (the late) H. VOYSEY, Esq. 



To the Secretary of the Asiatic Society. 



Sir, 



WE have all heard of the magnificence of the Tajmahal and of the 

 precious stones used in its Mosaic ; of the robberies committed by the Jhats ; 

 and of the substitution of others of inferior value. 



Perhaps an enumeration of the stones used in the structure of this beauti- 

 ful Mausoleum, as well as of other buildings in Agra, for the purposes of 

 truth and of fixing the proper bounds to our admiration, may not be foreign 

 to the scope of the Asiatic Researches, particularly as some of them are ob- 

 jects of geological interest. 



The stones composing the main structure of all the public buildings at 

 Agra or in its vicinity are of two kinds, sandstone and crystallized lime 

 stone or marble. 



