The observatory built by Sawai Jai Singh in Delhi in the early 18th century. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, 1688 – 1743. Rajput ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur).

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The observatory built by Sawai Jai Singh in Delhi in the early 18th century. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, 1688 – 1743. Rajput ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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