Jantar Mantar Observatory
General Information
| Function / usage: |
Observatory
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| Built: | 1728 - 1743 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia |
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Notes
Built by Maharadscha and Astronomer Jai Singh II at the center of Jaipur, his newly founded capital. It is based on the observatory of Ulugh Begh at Samarkand built 1394-1449, but is far more accurate.
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Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0019526 |
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| Created: | 14/02/2006 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |