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Jaipur
Sawai Jai Singh II moved his capital off the hill in 1727 and laid out a city by treatise — wide avenues, walled blocks, and an observatory in the middle of it.
Aravallis
1592
Amber
The Kachwaha capital in the hills.
1727
Jaipur founded
A grid city on the plain below.
1734
Jantar Mantar
Masonry instruments for the sky.
1876
Pink city
Painted terracotta for a royal visit.