Agrasen Ki Baoli

Agrasen Ki Baoli is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical stepwell in , India. Located on Hailey Road, near , Jantar Mantar, it was designated a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: One of the Ancient baolis of India
  • Also known as: “Agrasen ki Baoli”, “Uggarsain’s Baoli”, “Ugrasen ki Baoli”, and “অগ্রসেন কী বাওলি”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include India Gate and Jantar Mantar.

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The is a located near the Rajpath on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi. It stands as a memorial to 74,187 soldiers of the Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War, in , , Mesopotamia, Persia, , and elsewhere in the Near and the Far East, and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. is situated 1½ km south of Agrasen Ki Baoli.

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The in is an , designed to be used with the naked eye. It is one of five Jantar Mantars in India. "Jantar Mantar" means 'instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens'. is situated 1 km west of Agrasen Ki Baoli.

Library
The in is a library under the supervision of the United States embassy, situated in the commercial hub of New Delhi inside the American Center. is situated 400 metres northwest of Agrasen Ki Baoli.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Delhi and North New Delhi.

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, on the eastern bank of the Yamuna River, is one of the victims of the city's urban sprawls over the last decades. Although not particularly attractive for history buffs, is home to the Akshardham, Delhi's largest Hindu temple.

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is the commercial heart of and the city's major shopping and nightlife district.

Suburb
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, often used as a metonym for the seat of the Government of India, is an area of , housing India's most important government buildings, including Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India on a citadel and the , housing the Prime Minister's Office and several other important ministries.

Agrasen Ki Baoli

Latitude
28.62609° or 28° 37′ 34″ north
Longitude
77.22501° or 77° 13′ 30″ east
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Agrasen Ki Baoli” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “অগ্রসেনের বাওলি”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەگراسین کی باولی”
  • Chinese: “阿格拉森階梯水井”
  • Esperanto: “Agrasen ki Baoli”
  • French: “Agrasen ki Baoli”
  • German: “Agrasen Ki Baoli”
  • Hindi: “अग्रसेन की बावली”
  • Malayalam: “ആഗ്രസിൻ കി ബാവോലി”
  • Marathi: “अग्रसेनची विहीर”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਗਰਸੈਨ ਦੀ ਬਾਉਲੀ”
  • Persian: “پانی انبار”
  • Russian: “Аграсен ки Баоли (ступенчатый колодец)”
  • Sanskrit: “Old fort”
  • Tamil: “அக்ரசேன் படிக்கிணறு”
  • Thai: “อัครเสน กี บาวลี”
  • Western Panjabi: “اگرسین دی باؤلی”

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