The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c11.s2.t1.43

c11.s2.t1.43

49. Restorations.—The Jaipur observatory, being situated in the palace precincts, has been carefully preserved, and has been added to from time to time. Possibly the Rāśi Valaya was added after Jai Singh's reign, and possibly some of the brass instruments were brought from the Delhi observatory, but we have no direct information on these points. Some additions appear to have been made in 1891, and in 1901 His Highness the present Mahārāja decided to restore the observatory completely. The services of Lieutenant A. H. Garrett, R.E., were lent and the work was finished in 1902, in which year also Lieutenant Garrett, assisted by Pandit Chandradhar Guleri, prepared and published an account of the observatory. This account, as far as the descriptions of the instruments are concerned, is an excellent one, but the parts relating to the history of astronomy are not so reliable. It is difficult to judge of the work of restoration, as no reliable account of the observatory before the restoration took place is available. Colonel Hendley, in 1886, gave a rough plan of the observatory, and a list of the instruments,¹ but not in sufficient detail for purposes of comparison.