世上最大的石制天文臺 Jantar Mantar 齋浦爾古天文台

印度齋浦爾的簡塔•曼塔天文臺建成于18世紀初，建築有日晷，星座儀，子午線儀，黃道­儀和天體經緯儀等 14組幾何儀器，分別用於測量時間、預測日食、跟蹤軌道上的星體、測量行星的偏轉角、­確定天體的高度以及相關的資料，據稱是世上最大的石制天文臺，現址仍是現代天文學探察­天體運動的參巧工具。

古天文臺展現了古印度對宇宙的認知以及探究天文學的能力。但對喧鬧的遊客而言，這裡只­是齋浦爾一處干淨得嚴肅的景點。

Jantar Mantar Jaipur Ancient Observatory

Jaipur, India Jane tower • Mantar built in the early 18th century, building a sundial, constellation analyzer, meridian instrument, the ecliptic and celestial theodolite instrument such as 14 groups of geometric instruments were used to measure time, predict eclipses, track rail the stars, the planets deflection angle measurements to determine the height of celestial bodies and related information, allegedly the world largest stone observatory, the existing site is still exploratory modern astronomy celestial motion parameters clever tool.

Ancient Observatory show the ancient Indian knowledge of the universe as well as the ability to explore astronomy. But the noisy tourists, here is just a clean, Jaipur was a serious attraction.