City Palace gateway, Jaipur (1895)

1895 Jaipur, India

The gateway to the City Palace in Jaipur is pictured in this 1895 photograph of the Rajasthani city, seat of the Kachhwaha Rajput maharajas. The palace complex was begun in the 1730s as the royal seat of the newly founded city.

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