This photograph shows some of the astronomical instruments which make up the observatory or Jantar-Mantar, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur (1699-1743). He later built similar ones in Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura (no longer survives). These astronomical instruments are built with brick rubble and plastered with lime. There is a discrepancy over the dates of construction and could be 1710 or 1724. In the photograph there are two figures on the right had side which give an indication of the scale of these structures.
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Brush drawing, Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur, ink on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1740
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Painted by an unknown artist in 1836
Watercolour
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Benaras - 1868
Photograph by Samuel Bourne (English, 1834 - 1912)
Albumen silver print
View of the Jantar Mantar Observatory at the Man Mahal, built by Raja Jai Singh II, and the Dashashvamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganges River.
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© J. Paul Getty Trust
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