Rajon Ki Baoli
Rajon ki Baoli also referred as Rajon ki Bain is a famous stepwell in Mehrauli Archaeological Park of Delhi, India. It was commissioned by Daulat Khan Lodi in 1506 CE, an administrator of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.Photo: Rupeshsarkar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: Famous Stepwell in Mehrauli archaeological site, Delhi, India
- Also known as: “Baoli” and “Rajon ki Baoli”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qutb Minar and Qutb Minar complex.
Qutb Minar
Monument
Photo: Akbarzoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mehrauli, South Delhi, India. Qutb Minar is situated 500 metres northeast of Rajon Ki Baoli.
Qutb Minar complex
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty. Qutb Minar complex is situated 550 metres northeast of Rajon Ki Baoli.
Iron pillar of Delhi
Monument
Photo: Pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The iron pillar of Delhi is a metal structure 7.21 metres high with a 41-centimetre diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II, and now stands in the Qutb complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Iron pillar of Delhi is situated 520 metres north of Rajon Ki Baoli.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.
Mehrauli
Suburb
Saket
Suburb
Photo: Amartyabag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saket is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of Delhi in India. The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B. Saket is situated 3 km east of Rajon Ki Baoli.
Malviya Nagar
Suburb
Malviya Nagar is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between Saket and Hauz Khas, its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. Malviya Nagar was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from Pakistan, after the Partition of India. Malviya Nagar is situated 3 km northeast of Rajon Ki Baoli.
Rajon Ki Baoli
- Category: stepwell
- Location: Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.52031° or 28° 31′ 13″ northLongitude
77.18338° or 77° 11′ 0″ eastOpen location code
7JWVG5CM+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 89583611OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_wellWikidata ID
Q7286369
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Tamil—“Rajon Ki Baoli” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Rajon Ki Baoli”
- Dutch: “Rajon Ki Baoli”
- French: “Rajon Ki Baoli”
- German: “Rajon Ki Baoli”
- Hindi: “राजों की बावली”
- Tamil: “ராஜன் கி பெயின்”
- Tamil: “ராஜோன் கி பாவோலி”
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