Influenced by Mughals in formation, Rajputana gardens are along straight lines with similar water bodies that of Mughals.

1. Submitted By :-
Rachit Gupta
Paras Monga
Rahul Gupta
RAJPUT GARDENS

2. INTRODUCTION
The Rajputs, a warrior class retained much of
their power in during periods of Mughal and
European influence.
The style of their palaces and gardens became
partly hindu and partly foreign-influenced, their
form relating to the classic Indian town house
and farmhouse (haveli), rooms opening to the
courtyard with a wall to give protection from the
Outside world.

3.  Rajput as well as the mughal palaces housed
harem. Wives and coccubines were not
allowed in the gardens during the day, so
moonlight gardens were planted for them
filled with paled colored flowers to reflect the
moon and starlight.
 Rajput and mughal gardeners were acquistie
of lovely plants.
 Materials used in gardens were mostly red
brick, concrete and marble.

4.  There are TWO types of GARDENS in old
Rajput palace of Amber.
 One exquisitely patterned with narrow marble
paths, is on artificial island built high above
the water and the other garden is set deep
within the walls of citadel.

7.  Plan envisages a Rajput parterre in a sunken
garden centered on a shallow and simple
octagonal pool.
 The raised beds are to give boundary and a
planting area for shrubs with perfumed flowers.
 The parterre is treated as bedding garden, with
the plants needing to be stripped out and
replanted twice a year, once at the spring and
once in winters.
 The terrace areas at each end of plan offer places
from which to view the garden beneath stars and
to savor the perfumes.

8.  One has a small square pool for waterlilies or
lotuses.
 The other has a large raised platform to stand
in as a MUGHAL throne, and is intended to be
adorned with carpets and some big cushions.

9.  In both the gardens of Amber Palace, whether
the moated parterres or the guarded gardens
of the citadel, most of the garden details,
paths, wall coverings and pools were made of
marble.
 Concrete is substituted, however sensitively
done, with smooth surfaces in natural colors.
 For all hard surfaces use bricks in a good
earthen red, set on edge.

10.  The paths narrow enough for a single
moonlight watcher to move through the
flower beds.
 Intersections have been emphasized in some
way, perhaps with star shaped inset of marble
or brilliantly colored tiles.
 Water was a vital feature in garden, it flows
along rills and channels, was sprayed through
fountains, rest in marble tanks etc.

11.  This garden is
intricately formal.
 This one is an island
on three levels, so
that parterres are
more easily
appreciated, with
intricate balustrading
surrounding viewing
terraces.

13.  Umaid bhavan
 Mandore gardens
 Balsamand gardens

15.  Balsamand is a Rajput summer palace, built
for the Maharajas of Marwar.
 Balsamand Lake dates from the 13th century.
The water palace stands on the embankment
of the dam.
 A well maintained garden lies in the valley
east of the lake with a marble cascade
descending from the lake to the garden.
 There is a small but fine old baoli (stepwell)
near the garden entrance.

18.  MANDORE inhabited since the time of RAMAYANA,
originally known as Mandavyapur. Mandore has an
extensive and beautiful garden on the slopes of a hill.
 Here one may find a charming collection of temples
and memorials. The devals (cenotaphs) of Maharaja
Shri Jaswant Singh and Maharaja Shri Ajit Singh are
housed here.
 Its hall of heroes depicting popular Hindu and folk
deities, dating back to the 17th – 18th century has 16
figures carved out of a single rock, also known as the
hall of demigods and demigoddesses. (These are
called 330 million Devi and Devtas).

19.  Higher up on the plateau are ruins of Mandore,
the antique city of PARIHARS.
 The Mandore fort was built in stages. A study
of the Mandore fort, its thick walls and huge
ruins showed that the fort was a fine piece of
architecture.
 Many statues and etchings on stone and rock
found at Mandore now adorn Mandore
museum.
 The ruins also indicate the existence of a huge
temple inside the fort.
 The outer wall of the temple depicts finely
carved botanical designs, birds, animals and
beautifully carved planetary system.