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 Calcutta, India, 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.