FATEHPUR SIKRI BAOLI

(Kiraoli - IN)
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Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A mysterious well, faced by a series of chambers reached by individual stairways, just one of many attempted solutions to Fatehpur's water problem (LONELY PLANET, North India 2001: 423). SITUATION: To one side of the Hathipol (Hathi Pol, Elephant Gate) near the Karawan Serai (note 1) in the magnificent fortified ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri. – – – – – Not mentioned in LONELY PLANET, India (1997: 376; 2005: 366).A mysterious well, faced by a series of chambers reached by individual stairways, just one of many attempted solutions to Fatehpur's water problem (LONELY PLANET, North India 2001: 423). SITUATION: To one side of the Hathipol (Hathi Pol, Elephant Gate) near the Karawan Serai (note 1) in the magnificent fortified ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri. – – – – – Not mentioned in LONELY PLANET, India (1997: 376; 2005: 366).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Lonely Planet, North India 2001.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0JAJAULI SHELTER
0.0PATSAL SHELTER
0.0RASILPUR SHELTER
0.0SALIM CHISHTI (Cave of Sheikh)
36.4Agra Fort Undergrunds [Cave of Sheikh]
39.1FIROZ SHAH's TUNNELS
39.1KAMAL UD- DIN (Cave of)
39.1SHIHAB UD- DIN (Cave of)
46.4KRISHNA JANMBHOOMI (Shri)