Place · planned Rajput capital · India
Jaipur
Also known as Jaipur, Jaypur, Jainagara
The planned Rajput capital Sawai Jai Singh II of the Kachhwaha dynasty laid out in 1727 on a nine-square shastraic grid, with uniform bazaar frontages, broad straight streets at right angles, and the City Palace and Jantar Mantar observatory at its centre. The ninth Kachhwaha capital after Amber, and the first Indian city built to a theoretical plan. Jaipur holds the City Palace, the Hawa Mahal, Nahargarh Fort on the ridge above, the Jantar Mantar astronomical instruments, and the Shila Devi — Kachhwaha kula devi brought from Jessore by Raja Man Singh. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage City in 2019 for the whole eighteenth-century urban plan rather than a single monument.
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Tradition
- Standard reference and civic histories; INTACH and ASI records; municipal and state gazetteers.
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 26.912, 75.787
Connections (11)
- Site withinJantar Mantar, Jaipur
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur sits inside Jaipur and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinShila Devi, Jaipur
Shila Devi, Jaipur sits inside Jaipur and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinNahargarh Fort, Jaipur
Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur sits inside Jaipur and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinHawa Mahal, Jaipur
Hawa Mahal, Jaipur sits inside Jaipur and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinCity Palace, Jaipur
City Palace, Jaipur sits inside Jaipur and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinAmber Fort
Amber Fort lies within Jaipur — the two sites sit about 10 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Amber Fort is one of the specific sites that give Jaipur its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinJaipur walled city
Jaipur walled city lies within Jaipur — the two sites sit about 0 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Jaipur walled city is one of the specific sites that give Jaipur its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinJaipur Kathak gharana
Jaipur Kathak gharana lies within Jaipur — the two sites sit about 0 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Jaipur Kathak gharana is one of the specific sites that give Jaipur its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinJaipur Blue Pottery
Jaipur Blue Pottery lies within Jaipur — the two sites sit about 1 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Jaipur Blue Pottery is one of the specific sites that give Jaipur its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinJaigarh Fort
Jaigarh Fort lies within Jaipur — the two sites sit about 10 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Jaigarh Fort is one of the specific sites that give Jaipur its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinGangaur
Gangaur lies within Jaipur — the two sites sit about 0 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Gangaur is one of the specific sites that give Jaipur its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.