The Jantar Mantar, in Jaipur, is an astronomical observation site built
in the early 18th century. It includes a set of some 20 main fixed
instruments. They are monumental examples in masonry of known
instruments but which in many cases have specific characteristics of
their own. Designed for the observation of astronomical positions with
the naked eye, they embody several architectural and instrumental
innovations. This is the most significant, most comprehensive, and the
best preserved of India's historic observatories. It is an expression of
the astronomical skills and cosmological concepts of the court of a
scholarly prince at the end of the Mughal period.
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| The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur |
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