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The Jaipur city wall is the
city wall encircling the old
Jaipur city in
Rajasthan state in
India.
History
It was built in 1727 when the city was founded by Maharaja
Jai Singh II.
Features
The wall is six meters high and three meters thick. There are seven gates in the wall. The gates are:
- Chandpole
- Surajpole
-
Ajmeri gate or Kishanpole
- New gate or Nayapole
- Sanganeri gate or Shivpole
- Ghat gate or Rampole
- Samrat gate or Brahma Pole
- Zorawar Singh Gate or Dhruvpole
- Gangapole
- Chaar Darwaza
- Singh Dwar
References
- Building Jaipur: the making of an Indian city By Vibhuti Sachdev, Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson
-
Jaipur Municipal Corporation
- Rajasthan Patrika Date 7/9/2020