Smaller sundial in the Jantar Mantar Astronomic Observatory in Jaipur, India
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N 26° 59.172 E 075° 51.011
43R E 584363 N 2985190
"Small" sundial compared to the adjacent world's largest sundial in Jaipur, India.
Waymark Code: WMAV3Y
Location: India
Date Posted: 02/25/2011
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Built by Maharaja (King) Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1734. It is modeled after the one that he had built for him at the Mughal capital of Delhi. The Jaipur observatory is the largest and best preserved of these. It has been inscribed on the World Heritage List as "an expression of the astronomical skills and cosmological concepts of the court of a scholarly prince at the end of the Mughal period". Built from local stone and marble, the sundial is the smaller of the two life size sundials in the astronomical observatory compound.
Sundial Type: Horizontal - Flat base, Ground or Pedestal mounted dial plate
Related Web Site: Not listed
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