Key facts
- Architectural style
- Mihira Bhoja
- Location
- Bandikui , Dausa , Rajasthan , India
- Construction started
- c. 800
- Completed
- c. 900 ; 1126 years ago ( 900 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stepwell
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Dausa district
- Location
- Abhaneri
- Official website
- jaipurtourism.co.in/chand-baori-abhaneri-step-well-jaipur
- Image
- Chand Baori perspective panorama (July 2022).jpg
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- Chand Baori
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Encyclopedic overview
Chand Baori is a stepwell situated in the village of Abhaneri in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It extends approximately 30 m (100 ft) into the ground, making it one of the deepest and largest stepwells in India. It is named after a local ruler of Nikumbh dynasty called Raja Chanda and its construction is dated to the 8th-9th century. It has 3500 steps cascading 13 stories deep into a massive tank at the bottom and has been constructed in an upside-down pyramid style.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chand Baori” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.