Jantar Mantar : maharaja Swaijai Singh's observatory in Delhi

By:

Mukherji, Anisha Shekhar

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Ambi Knowledge Resource Pvt. Ltd. 2010Description: viii,224pISBN:

8190359118

DDC classification:

728.81 MUK

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Architecture	728.81 MUK	Available	Status:Catalogued;Bill No:429		008185
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Architecture	728.81 MUK	Available	Status:Catalogued;Bill No:429		008186

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CONTENTS Preface i Chronology viii INTRODUCTION 1 A Royal Observatory 1 Establishment and Use: 1724-1734 AD 2 An Archaeological Monument 19 Transformation and Conservation 1754-2010 AD 3 THE WALKS The Walks: Through the Observatory Walk ISamrat Yantra: The Great Sundial 45 Walk II Shasthamsa Yantra: The Sextant 75 Walk III Jai Prakash Yantra: The Cut-out Bowl 89 Walk IV Rama Yantra: The Cylindrical Instrument 111 Walk V Misra Yantra: The Composite Instrument 131 4 BACKGROUND The Tradition of Indian Astronomy 169 5 Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 193 EPILOGUE The Way Ahead: The Jantar Mantar Project209 Select Glossary215 Select Bibliography 219 Index 223

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