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Jantar Mantar
Sawai Jai Singh II completes major instruments at the Jaipur Jantar Mantar for precise naked-eye astronomical observations.
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Sawai Jai Singh II completes major instruments at the Jaipur Jantar Mantar for precise naked-eye astronomical observations.
Sawai Jai Singh II uses the monumental Samrat Yantra at Jaipur to improve measurements of local time and celestial coordinates.
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