The Amber Fort
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The winding road up to the fort
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Entrance to the inner palace of the fort
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The fort contains beautifully painted buildings
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Closeup of some of the painting
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Another archway picture
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This wall has hundreds of tiny concave mirors embedded in it
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An Indian stained-glass window
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The Hawa Mahal or Palace of the Wind
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Large marble elephant outside the Maharaja's Palace
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The Maharaja's Palace
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Huge (5ft. tall) silver urn used to carry Ganges water for the Maharaja (nothing but the best for him)
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The Jaipur Observatory (17th Century)
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Celestial device to determine the latitude of Jaipur
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The yellow structure is one of the world's largest sundials
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The sundial is accurate to within seconds!
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