Jai Singh II builds masonry observatories
Date range · Date as reported
Five Jantar Mantar observatories supported positional astronomy in northern India.
- Type
- organization established
- Category
- observatory institution
- Organization
- Jai Singh II
- Participants
- Jai Singh II
Context and qualifications
Construction period, not a single dated opening.
Sources and attribution
- UNESCO Astronomy Heritage — Indian astronomy (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.