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# The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh

Sawai Jai Singh's observatories at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Benares, Mathura: instruments surveyed and measured, his astronomical tables, sources and personnel.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [G. R. Kaye](https://indike.org/pramana/person/kaye-gr)
- **Extent:** 1,349 passages, 55,581 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1918 (Archaeological Survey of India, New Imperial Series XL);… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (G. R. Kaye †1929); published before 1931: public…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c1) — 26 parts
- [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c2) — 39 parts
- [c3 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c3) — 3 parts
- [c4 Chapter I.—Jai Singh](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c4) — 8 parts
- [c5 Chapter II.—Jai Singh's Astronomical Tables](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5) — 86 parts
- [c6 Chapter III.—Metal Instruments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c6) — 25 parts
- [c7 Chapter IV.—The Zarqālī Astrolabe](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c7) — 42 parts
- [c8 Chapter V.—Hindu Metal Instruments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c8) — 37 parts
- [c9 Chapter VI.—Masonry Instruments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c9) — 13 parts
- [c10 Chapter VII.—The Delhi Observatory or Jantar Mantar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c10) — 122 parts
- [c11 Chapter VIII.—Jaipur Observatory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c11) — 6 parts
- [c12 Chapter IX.—Ujjain Observatory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c12) — 23 parts
- [c13 Chapter X.—Benares Observatory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c13) — 43 parts
- [c14 Chapter XI.—Mathurā Observatory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c14) — 9 parts
- [c15 Chapter XII.—Historical Perspective](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c15) — 11 parts
- [c16 Chapter XIII.—The Evolution of Jai Singh's Instruments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c16) — 9 parts
- [c17 Chapter XIV.—CONCLUSION.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c17) — 17 parts
- [c18 Appendices](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c18) — 4 parts
- [c19 Appendix A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c19) — 5 parts
- [c20 Appendix B](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c20) — 2 parts
- [c21 Appendix C](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c21) — 4 parts
- [c22 Appendix D](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c22) — 2 parts
- [c23 Appendix E](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c23) — 2 parts
- [c24 Appendix F](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c24) — 2 parts
- [c25 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c25) — 54 parts
- [c26 References to the Map of Ujjain](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c26) — 3 parts

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