The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c13.4

c13.4

On the roof of the Mānmandira, as constructed by Mān Singh, and a little over a century after it was built, Sawāī Jai Singh of Jaipur placed the astronomical instruments that now form the observatory. Some time about the beginning of the nineteenth century the Mānmandira appears to have been enlarged,² and about the middle of the nineteenth century it was restored. In figure 64 the part of the Mānmandira that supports the observatory is to the right: the circular Digamśa Yantra is seen above the three balconied windows.