Ahukhana Site Monument - Burhanpur
Ahukhana is a small Village in Burhanpur Tehsil in Burhanpur District of Madhya Pradesh State, India. (3 KM from Burhanpur). The monument is a pleasure house situated across the river Tapti, opposite the Fort of Burhanpur. It consists of pillared hall in typical Mughal style. On the both side of the monument there are a tanks in which a raised platforms were constructed. The area is enclosed by a compound wall and a big garden. She died while giving birth to their 14th child and was buried in a pavilion facing a small palace in a deer park. Emperor Akbar's grandson, Emperor Shah Jahan, ran his military campaigns against southern kingdoms from Burhanpur, accompanied by his wife Mumtaz. For about six months, Mumtaz's body remained in the pavilion while Shah Jahan made plans to build the Taj Mahal on the banks of the nearby River Tapti. But unfortunately, Burhanpur's geography, geology and hydrology conspired against his plans.