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DESI DISCOVERY QUIZ 14
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All along it had been at my Delhi Guest House backyard & silently waiting for the day my eyes would fall on it. After not noticing it all along, I finally chanced upon it.
Identify the monument in the vis
DESI DISCOVERY QUIZ 14
Agrasen Bawdi (AB) – step well of PK fame -step well is the correct answer.
It is walking distance from CP-Delhi /Barakhamba Metro & at the backyard of my Hailey Road Guest House – right in the heart of Delhi.
AB formed an unexpected & unitended sequel to DD36 where we visited Rani Ka Wav (RKW) & Adalaj. Interestingly this also belongs to the 11th century like the ones in DD36. Stepwells in south(Vijayanagara empire), Gujarat & in Northern India.: Without whatsapp, email, the basic concepts & designs seem to be the same 1000 years ago across several miles.
I do not expect to find one in the East as it is well endowed with high water tables.
AB is brazenly bold in its simplicity. Only stones & mortar. Nothing more to build such a huge, strikingly beautiful edifice. AB makes mockery of RKW – “you don’t need all those ornamentations to look beautiful baby” it kept saying silently.
On the engineering side, the side walls are nothing but for retainment of the excavated pit that houses the stairs. The masonary arches distributes the loads; The geometry & sheer size gives the stability. The walls at the wider sections have narrow galleys through it.
Were teppakulams (Temple tanks) TN’s answer to seasonal water problems?
If climbing the stairs does not tire you, stroll aimlessly all along the CP – just like the Delhites do.