Her earrings were immense gold rings, with pearls and emeralds suspended all round in large strings, the pearls increasing in size.
She had a nose ring also with large round pearls and emeralds; and her necklaces, &c., were too numerous to be described.

She wore long sleeves, open at the elbow; and her dress was a full petticoat with a tight body attached, and open only at the throat.

She had several persons to bear her train when she walked; and her women stood behind her couch to arrange her head-dress, when, in moving, her pearls got entangled in the immense robe of scarlet and gold she had thrown around her.

This beautiful creature is the envy of all the other wives, and the favourite at present of both the King and his mother, both of whom have given her titles--See _Mrs.Park's Wandering_, vol.
i., page 87.

Taj Mahal still lives and enjoys a pension of six thousand rupees a-month, under the guarantee of the British Government.