17/08/2024
Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, constructed five Jantar Mantar (Astronomical observatories) in total, in New Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura and Varanasi; they were completed between 1724 and 1735.
The Jaipur observatory is by far the most elaborate and complete of Jai Singh’s projects, comprising sixteen masonry instruments and six made of metal.
The one I sketched here is Brihat Samrât Yantra (Giant Equatorial Sun-Dial). The observatory occupies a plot of land just outside the City Palace, within the walls of the original city.
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