Question

Jantar-Mantar was built by__________.
1. Akbar
2. Ashok
3. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh
4. Shiva ji

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh

The correct answer is Maharaja Jai Singh.

• Jantar Mantar is located in the city of Jaipur (Rajasthan). It was completed in the year 1723.
• It consists of 19 architectural astronomy instruments.
• The site is one of the five monuments that was constructed by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1723 onwards, revising the calendar and astronomical tables.

• The monument was completed in the year 1734. It features a UNESCO World Heritage site and the world's largest stone sundial.
• The instruments help us to see the observation of astronomical positions with the help of the naked eye.
• The Jantar Mantar observatory is an example of the Ptolemaic positional astronomy.