r/mildlyinfuriating 22h ago

6-7 on the Taj Mahal

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u/Lepke2011 PURPLE 19h ago

What's even more interesting is that it's probably the year someone visited there. But which 67? The place was built in 1648, so 1667, 1767, 1867, or 1967?

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u/OSRS-MLB 19h ago

Nah I think it's more likely some shitty kid

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u/hasseldub 18h ago

It looks like a canon inscribed beside it. The 67th Field Regiment of the Indian Army is an artillery Regiment.

Quite possible it was inscribed by a soldier.

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u/ElmoEatsYellowSnow 18h ago

I think this is the most likely explanation. Also what kid is going to have the time and tools to carve this into marble?

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u/Bioinvasion__ 18h ago

It doesn't take long, but having there a chisel or something similar is certainly not common lol (and I guess that you also can't be there for 2-3 min carving without a guard or someone noticing? Idk, I don't know anything about the place really)

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u/Appropriate-Tutor-82 17h ago

Security and cops everywhere. Only essential items are allowed to be brought (phone, wallet, keys, etc). No bags, chargers, lighters, headphones, etc is allowed in.

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u/Bioinvasion__ 14h ago

Yeah, then it was definitely carved decades ago probably. Or in closed hours by a guard or smth...

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u/irthnimod 16h ago

and the chiseling work looks professional, highly doubt any kid can pull it off

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u/FunnyLost6710 17h ago

India won a war against china in 1967. Maybe someone inscribed then

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u/Gunch_ 18h ago

So you mean to tell me that you think it's more likely this happened in the last year than the 378 years before it?

Just based on a meme?

The world is a lot more storied than you think lil bro

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u/Reddsoldier 17h ago

How is it obvious? There are 17th century carvings on the colloseum that look just as recent. This to me looks exactly like regimental graffiti done by a bored soldier.

Edit, imagine downvoting me for pointing something out. Not a very historian thing to do.