The New Student's Reference Work/Jaipur

Jaipur (jī-po͝or), or Jeypur, one of the Rajputana states, feudatory to the British crown; and also a walled city 850 miles northwest of, , and the capital of the native state of the same name. It is a handsome, well-built city, and was founded in 1728. In it are the maharajah’s palace and college, a school of art, an observatory, a mint and many mosques and temples. The beautiful Ram Newas gardens, covering 70 acres, are a fine park. Its business is chiefly banking. Population 160,000. The state has an area, including feudatories, of 15,579 square miles, with a population of about 3,000,000.