ALWAR BAOLI

Alwar (Alwar Tehsil - IN)
27.566700,76.600000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A magnificent puckha Bowlie (HERVEY 1853, 1: 452) or baoli (step well). SITUATION: In one way or another just outside the walls enclosing what was recorded as the Motee-Doongree Bagh, or gardens belonging to the Rajah of Alwur or Alwar (note 1). DESCRIPTION: The magnificent puckha Bowlie [note 2] … is on an extensive scale, and though a constant drain is kept on the water, there has been no apparent diminuation as yet. It supplies the canal which flows through the gardens, and which it is purposed in time to extend to a great distance (HERVEY 1853, 1: 450, 452).A magnificent puckha Bowlie (HERVEY 1853, 1: 452) or baoli (step well). SITUATION: In one way or another just outside the walls enclosing what was recorded as the Motee-Doongree Bagh, or gardens belonging to the Rajah of Alwur or Alwar (note 1). DESCRIPTION: The magnificent puckha Bowlie [note 2] … is on an extensive scale, and though a constant drain is kept on the water, there has been no apparent diminuation as yet. It supplies the canal which flows through the gardens, and which it is purposed in time to extend to a great distance (HERVEY 1853, 1: 450, 452).

Documents

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Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1850.12.27: Mrs. Hervey, then accompanied by a certain W– (HERVEY 1853, 1: 444), first went on 27th December, 1850. Friday … to the 'Motee-Doongree Bagh,' or gardens belonging to the Rajah of Alwur. They are so called after a neighbouring hill, 'Mootee-Doongree' signifying 'Mount Pearl' … After leaving the gardens, we inspected a magnificent puckha Bowlie (HERVEY 1853, 1: 452). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0BHARTRIHARI, Alwar (Cave of)
19.7HAJIPUR - DHADIKER CAVE SHELTERS
25.9SARISKA PARK CAVE
85.8KRISHNA CAVE (Tod 1829)
107.1KRISHNA JANMBHOOMI (Shri)
108.4UDDALAKA RISHI ka TAPOSTHANA
108.4KRISHNA CAVE, Mathura: Vrindavan
121.0ARAVALLI BIODIVERSITY PARK (Cave in)
122.7TUGHLAQABAD UNDERGROUNDS