Jaipur, Rajasthan

1. City planning of jaipurCity planning

2. Reason for maharaja sawai jai singh to change his capital from amber
Military reason
Geographically
reason
18th November 1727 by raja sawai jai singh

3. 2 facts responsible for the origin of
the city and its layout
2 facts responsible for the origin of the city and its
layout
. the need of new capital for earlier 18th century dhoondar is
the earlier one of amber built on hill was congested
.Sawai raja jai singh vision of the new capital as a strong
political statement at per the mughal cities and as a thriving
trade and commerce hub for region .

4. . The layout of city jaipur wonderfully links to the shastric
city
. The point of intersection would be one the
city main cross road s .. ( chaupar).

6. . the centre axis of town was laid from east to west between the
gates of sun (suraj pol) and moon (chand pool).
.This was crossed bye two roads at right angle dividing the town
into nine almost square almost equally size blocks .

7. Planning and dividing the area
. The palace building covered 2 blocks the town
six and the remaining ninth block was not
usable on account of steep hills . So this north
west ward was transferred to the south –east
corner of the city making the shape of the plan
asymmetrical .

8. Concept of planning
• The city division into nine wards was also in
conformity with the hindu caste system
necessitated the segregation of people belonging
to different communities .
• South of main roads were four are almost
rectangle.
• Following the direction of hindu shilpa shastra
width of main street other lanes were fixed .thus
main street of city 111ft wide , secondary street
55ft wide the smaller ones 27ft wide .

9. pink city
• jaipur is a known as a pink city a rather idealized
description of terra cotta colored lime plaster that
coats the old part of city s walls building and temple .
• other believes singh wanted to imitate the color of the
sand stone used in the forts and palaces of his mughal
emperor friends.
• the most popular reason ( spread no doubt by britishers
during the raj era ) pink is the traditional color of
hospitality and the city was freshly painted and paved
with pink gravel to warmly welcome edward vii for his
visit here in 1876
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10. bibliography
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jaipu
• http://www.ihcn.in/jaipur/jaipur/282-
planning-and-architecture.html
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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur