Show Indian Ruler Famous for Astronomical Study J There here lived In India In the Se Seen Seventeenth en century a ruler inos 1 I no n n uc as Maharajah Jal Singh II and being Interested ID in astronomy he hee e 01 cd a series of or structures structure though not now used for practical par pur purposes po poses es constitute the most unique as astronomical Instruments In existence e lIe to haze have collected all kinds of astronomical books and sent some ome to foreign countries to gather Information Hiving determined the kind bind of Instruments required ou on which to make the necessary recording of the movements of or the heavenly hea bodies he selected th five fise e places pluses In India as time the centers in which the ollsen should be lie til tal en The first he bull built t tnt nt at Delhi and then theD others In Benares and Time The observatories In Deihl and aDd hale ha been carefully restored In ad addition to a 8 number of ot metal Instruments Instruments instruments ments he erected large masonry In some of them them as high as 00 feet lery cry ery careful records were ere made of th the of his staff starr of workers and modern astronomers tease ha expressed e surprise at the time valuable salu alu able Information thus collected The ruler responsible for these InterestIng instruments died dIll In 1743 and his wh es concubines and science expired sitar I th him on OD his funeral p pyre re |