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  2. Jaigarh Fort - Wikipedia

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    Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka ... It was then conjectured that Sawai Jai Singh probably used the treasure to build the city of Jaipur ...

  3. Amber Fort - Wikipedia

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    Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) [2] located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Located high on a hill, it is the principal tourist attraction in Jaipur. [3] [4] Amer Fort is

  4. Jaisalmer Fort - Wikipedia

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    Jaisalmer Fort is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of the very few "living forts" in the world (such as Carcassonne, France), as nearly one fourth of the old city's population still resides within the fort. [1] [2] For the better part of its 860-year history, the fort was the city of Jaisalmer. The ...

  5. Sawai Jai Singh - Wikipedia

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    Sawai Jai Singh II (3 November 1688 – 21 September 1743), was the 29th Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Amber, who later founded the fortified city of Jaipur and made it his capital. He became the ruler of Amber at the age of 11, after the untimely death of his father Mirza Raja Bishan Singh on 31 December 1699.

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  7. Hill Forts of Rajasthan - Wikipedia

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    The fort was the capital of Mewar and is located in the present-day city of Chittorgarh. It sprawls over a hill 180 m (590.6 ft) in height spread over an area of 280 ha (691.9 acres) above the plains of the valley drained by the Berach River.

  8. Jaivana Cannon - Wikipedia

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    The Jaivana was manufactured during the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II (1699–1743) at a foundry in Jaigarh. [2] [3] The cannon was fired only once, with a charge of 100 kilograms (220 lb) of gunpowder, and when fired was claimed to have covered a distance of about 35 kilometres (22 mi).

  9. List of tourist attractions in Jaipur - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of attractions in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India. [1] [2] Palaces and forts ... JAIGARH FORT- TRAVEL WITH US; Temples. Digamber Jain temple of ...