The Taj Mahal, also known as Shaja's palace, is a location in Maken X.
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The Taj Mahal (lit. "Crown of the Palace") is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 42-acre complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall.
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"The Pride of India. Built by the Mogul Emperor in the 17th C., it has an extensive garden and a marble mausoleum, one of the wonders of the world. The Indian population increases every year, but the sudden rise of the death rate is remarkably high in the 21st century. As TV is India's most popular entertainment, the viewing audience is over 80 percent. As a result of the decreasing labor force, the GNP is dropping dramatically."
—Description in Maken Shao: Demon Sword
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The Taj Mahal's location on the stage select screen
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- Shah Jahan's official chronicler, Abdul Hamid Lahauri, refers to the Taj Mahal as rauza-i munawwara, meaning the illumined or illustrious tomb. The current name for the Taj Mahal is believed to be derived from the Persian tāj mahall, meaning "crown" (tāj) "palace" (mahall). The name "Taj" came from the corruption of the second syllable of "Mumtaz."