| Agrasen Ki Baoli | |
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 Agrasen ki Baoli in Delhi, a local historical monument. | |
  Location within Delhi | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Indian |
| Town or city | Delhi |
| Country | India |
Agrasen Ki Baoli (also known as behens Ki Baoli; transl. Baoli of Agrasen) is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical stepwell in New Delhi, India.[1]
Located on Hailey Road,[a][b] near Connaught Place, Jantar Mantar, it was designated a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958.
Although there are no known historical records to prove who built the stepwell, it is believed that it was originally built by members of the Aggarwal community in the name of their ancestor Agrasen,[3] and the present architecture hints at it being rebuilt in the 14th century during the Tughlaq or Lodi period of the Delhi Sultanate. The baoli is open daily from 9 am to 5:30 pm.
- ^ Agrasen ki Baoli gets new lease of life. The Times of India, 2 January 2002. .
- ^ Avijit Ghosh (24 April 2020). "In 1918 Delhi was in the grip of another killer contagion". Times of India.
- ^ Mittal, J.P. (2006), History of Ancient India (4250 BCE to 637 CE) page 675, ISBN 978-81-269-0616-1. The author considers king Agrasen an actual historical figure.
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