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| Taj Mahal | |
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| Area | 17 hectares
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| Height | 73 m (240 ft) |
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| Built | 1632–53
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| Visitors | 7–8 million
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| Governing body | Government of India |
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| Inscription | 1983 (7th
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The
Taj Mahal (
;
lit. 'Crown of the Palace',
),
originally the
Rauza-i-munawwara is an ivory-white marble
on the southern bank of the river
in the Indian city of
. It was commissioned in 1632 by the
(reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the tomb of his favourite wife,
; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a
and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a
wall.
Construction of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643, but work continued on other phases of the project for another 10 years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to have been completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around 32 million
, which in 2020 would be approximately 70 billion rupees (about
956 million). The construction project employed some 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a board of architects led by the court architect to the emperor,
.