City wall of Jaipur
The Jaipur city wall is the city wall encircling the old Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.
History
[edit]It was built in 1727 when the city was founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II.
Features
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The wall is six meters high and three meters thick. There are seven gates in the wall. The gates are:
- Chandpole
- Surajpole
- Ajmeri gate or Kishanpole
- New gate or Nayapole
- Sanganeri gate or Shivpole
- Ghat gate or Rampole
- Samrat gate or Brahma Pole
- Zorawar Singh Gate or Dhruvpole
- Gangapole
- Chaar Darwaza
- Singh Dwar
References
[edit]- Building Jaipur: the making of an Indian city By Vibhuti Sachdev, Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson
- Jaipur Municipal Corporation
- Rajasthan Patrika Date 7/9/2020
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