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"Some of Jai Sing's II astronomical instruments. Jai Singh II constructed 5 great observatories in India - Jaipur, Delhi, Mathura, Benares and Ujjain. Jai Singh II was that famous astronomer, who reformed the Indian calendar and founded Jaipur." External view of concrete blocks which made up Jai Singh’s astronomical instruments. The staircase like structure is actually the smaller of two large sundials in the observatory. ❧ United Free Church of Scotland photographs from the Rajputana mission.
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