Jai Singh's city of JAIPUR, founded in 1727
*MAP*	Section 6, top margin B-C, left margin b
	The fort of Amber, first seized by the Kachwaha Rajputs in 1037, dominates a hilltop 5 miles from the present city
	Amber's interior architecture has developed over the centuries; the fort was rebuilt and augmented by Akbar's general Raja Man Singh (1540-1614)
	The town of Jaipur itself was founded in 1727 by the remarkable Jai Singh (r.1699-1743) (*wiki*), who was not only one of Aurangzeb's generals, but also had serious scientific interests

	Jai Singh's Jantar Mantars (c. late 1720's)
	Sir Thomas Metcalfe had the Delhi Jantar Mantar painted for his album in the 1840's-- and later Lala Deen Dayal photographed it
	The Delhi Jantar Mantar, in views by modern photographers
	The Jaipur one, built between 1718 and 1734, was the largest of the five (Delhi, Jaipur, Banaras, Calcutta, and a vanished one in Ujjain)
	The Jantar Mantar in Banaras

	The unique Hava'i Mahal, or "Airy Palace" (1799), said to have been built for the convenience of the ladies of the harem, remains a great tourist attraction
	Portraits of some of the later rulers in the dynasty: *a dynastic list*
	"The World's Largest Silver Object" is located in Jaipur City Palace
	Jaipur revenue-stamped documents are here used as exotic backgrounds for modern paintings of (what else?) dancing-girls and rajas

 

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