The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c14.1

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61. The old fort, at Mathurā, known as Kans, ka kila, was rebuilt by Raja Mān Singh of Jaipur. On the top of this fort Jai Singh built the last of his observatories. The whole of it has now disappeared. "A little before the Mutiny," Growse¹ tells us, "the buildings were sold to a government contractor Joti Prasād, who destroyed them for the sake of the materials. Certainly they had ceased to be of any practical use; but they were of interest, both in the history of science and as a memorial of one of the most remarkable men, etc."