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'''''Raja''''' ({{lang-bn|রাজা}}), (also known as '''''The King of the Dark Chamber''''' in English translation), is a play by [[Rabindranath Tagore]] written in 1910.<ref name = sukumarseneng/><ref name = sisirkumar/> This play is marked as a symbolic play as well as a ‘mystic play’.<ref name = sisirkumar>{{cite book |last1=Ghosh |first1=Sisirkumar|author-link=Sisir Kumar Ghose<br />
|title= Rabindranath Tagore| series= Makers of Indian Literature|edition=1st |year= 1990 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location= [[New Delhi]] |isbn= 81-260-1994-8|page=66 }}</ref> The story is loosely borrowed from the [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] story of King Kush from ''[[Mahāvastu]]''.<ref name = sukumarseneng/> A short stage version of ''Raja'' was published under the title of ''Arupratan'' in 1920.<ref name = sukumarseneng>{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Sukumar|author-link=Sukumar Sen (linguist) |title= History of Bengali Literature|edition=3rd |year= 1979 |orig-year=1960 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location= [[New Delhi]] |isbn= 81-7201-107-5|pages=279–80 }}</ref><br />
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Sukumar Sen described ''Raja'' as ‘the first really symbolic drama by Tagore.’<ref name = sukumarseneng/> The theme of the play is ‘the secret dealing of [[God]] with the human heart.<ref name = sisirkumar/><br />
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