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The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
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Cultural Heritage of South Asia
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The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
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Architecture and Independence: the search for identity--India 1880 to 1980
by
Jon Lang; Madhavi Desai; Miki Desai
Call Number: 720.9540904 L253a
ISBN: 0195639006
Publication Date: 1998-05-07
Location: Architecture & Art
Cosmic Architecture in India: the astronomical monuments of Maharaja Jai Singh II
by
Andreas Volwahsen
Call Number: Q. 720.954 V889c
ISBN: 379132506X
Publication Date: 2001-07-01
Location: Main Stacks
Exploring Ancient Skies [electronic resource]: a survey of ancient and cultural astronomy
by
Linda M. Burton; A. F. Aveni (Foreword by); David H. Kelley; Eugene F. Milone
Call Number: Online Resource
ISBN: 9781441976246
Publication Date: 2011-02-16
Location: *UIUC Online Collection
The Jaipur observatory: Jantar-Mantar
by
H.L. Showers
Call Number: 522.10954 Sh828j
ISBN: 8181820681
Location: Architecture & Art
Jantar-mantars of India: stone observatories: Jaipur, Delhi, Ujjain, Varanasi, Mathura
by
Prahlad Singh
Call Number: 522.195409 Si64j
Location: Main Stacks
Jantar Mantar
by
V. N. Sharma
Call Number: 522.19544 Sh236j
ISBN: 9788129113757
Location: Main Stacks
Sawai Jai Singh and his astronomy
by
Virendra Nath Sharma
Call Number: 522.1954 Sh23s
Location: Main Stacks
Architecture in the Service of Science by Barry Perlus
Authenticity, Abstraction and the Ancient Sense: Le Corbusier's and Louis Kahn's Ideas of Parliament by William J. R. Curtis
Perspecta
Vol. 20 (1983), pp. 181-194
Via JSTOR
Jantar Mantar - Theory, Construction and Limitations
National University of Singapore
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Beyond the Taj
A collection of images depicting Indian architecture and culture, primarily photographed by the late professor Robert D. MacDougall. The images are currently owned by Cornell University.
World Heritage Sites
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The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India
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