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Tribute to a Maharaja Jaisingh-IIMaharaj Jaisingh II was born in 3rd November 1688 and ascended to throne at the age of 11 in 1699 after the death of his father Bishan Singh.
He initially started as a Vassal of Mughals and fought in Deccan campaign along with Aurangzeb. After death of Aurangzeb his trouble increased he had alliance with Mewar and Marwar finally made Muhammad Shah as Ruler.
He was Subahdar of Malwa and Agra at different points of time. He was the last subahdar of Malwa who used diplomacy to control territory finally conquered by Maratha Forces after his departure. He later performed Ashwameda yagna in 1734 and 1741 to declare independence.
According to Military history of India he maintained a modernised army of that era with soldiers armed with Matchlock guns and an abled cavalry along with modern artillery. This costed him extra 60 lakhs. The forces comprised of 15000 musketeers and 15000 cavalry along with Artillery. He was looked for protection by many rulers. He got alarmed on fast spreading Maratha domain he called conference in Hurda in 1734.
He was a great builder and more inclined into the learning of science. He made Mughals to remove Jaziya and Pilgrim tax in 1719 imposed upon hindus. He built 5 Jantar Mantar in India for astronomical observations at Delhi,Mathura,Ujjain, Benaras and Jaipur.Amongst all Delhi is non functional, Mathura was destroyed. While other three are still functional with the precision till date.
He along with Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya the scholar in Vaasthu and Shilpa shastra built their new capital Jaipur based on Vaasthu and Shilpa Shastra. The foundation was laid in 1725 and capital was moved to Jaipur in 1733. The city was known as pink city later became capital of Rajasthan.
The Jaivana the largest wheeled cannon of that era was built in 1720 to show his technical prowess. He translated works of Euclid and John Napier in to sanskrit. He encouraged Sanskrit education in his domain. Kavyakalanidhi deva SriKrishna Bhatt gave account on City of Jaipur and its protection and settlements were explained in his work Ishwar Vilas Mahakavya.
-Tribute by Srikaanth Sridhar
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