Title

City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Caption

City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The City Palace complex in Jaipur was begun by the Maharaja Jai Singh II in the first half of the 18th century. His successors added further buildings. In the foreground is the Jantar Mantar (Yantra Mandir), a collection of architectural astronomical instruments built by Jai Singh II between 1727 and 1733.

Date

1996

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Vivienne Sharp

Reference

HRM19D71_269

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,7Mb) / 17,0in x 11,5in / 5103 x 3443 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings Rajasthan India religious architecture Indian country religion science astronomy color colour observatory palace Muslim Islam Islamic Jaipur Moslem location century Mughal City Palace sundial Jantar Mantar 18th century Eighteenth Century VIVIENNE SHARP Hindoostan Rajput TGN Maharaja of Jaipur Jaipur Palace photograph astronomical instrument Yantra Mandir Vivienne Sharp Sharp Vivienne VS VSP Singh Jai Singh II Jai II Jai Singh II Maharaja of Jaipur photograph