Celestial Mirror : the Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh II /
"Celestial Mirror is a photographic book about India's 18th-century astronomy observatories, popularly known as the Jantar Mantars. Jai Singh's observatories are an extraordinary combination of architecture and science, putting elements of astronomy, astrology, and geometry into archi...
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Time and space in the Jantar Mantars / by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji -- Explanation -- Site plans -- The instruments -- Immersion -- Delhi -- Jaipur -- Ujjain -- Varanasi -- Afterword -- First encounter. | |
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| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Jai Singh |b II, |c Maharaja of Jaipur, |d 1686-1743. |
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