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OFTEN BULT NEAR MOsoUES AND TEMPLES. EVERYONE WASHES UP BEPDRE PRAYNG. ABOUTKAJON NI DAOL
CERTAIN HINDU RITUALS WERE PERFORMED AT BADLIS BY
NoMEN,WHO PRAYED RAJDN KI BAOLI 1S A STEPWELL THAT HAS ITS PLACE AMONG THESE
AND MADE DFFERINGS THERE MONUMENTS, AS A RELIC OF THE THE LAST PRE- MUGHAL DYNAS TY,
TYPOLOGY- IS SAIb TO HAVE BEEN BUILT BY DAULT KHAN
AGRASEN BAOLI)
THE LODHIS. TT UNDER
SIKANDER LODHI AND WAS USED FOR SOME TME BY RAT MISTRI (BUILDER)-
STRUCTURAL USE AND LOCATONS PLURALISED IS HoW THE STRUCTURE GETS TIS NAME. SINCE MOST OF THE
THE STEP WELL HAS A SERIES OF STERS THAT LEAD DOWN T THE GROUND, WHERE STRUCTURE 1S UNDERGROUND , ONLY THE TOP FLoOR IS VIiSIBLE ABOVE
WATER 1S STORED. THE STEPs ALSO ALLON ACCES TD THE A TER URING TRE
GROUND
SUMMER HHEN HATER LEVELS DROP. DN INDA , BADLuS ARE MAINLY FoUND IN THE
ARID NORTH-WEST REGION DUE TO WATER SCARCITY.
ARCHITECTURE DESCRIPTION
THE OLDEST EXISTING PRIMITIVE. FORM OF BAOLI IN DELHI- ANANGTAL IN MEHRAULI-
CENTURY BY THE TOMAR KING ANANG PAL II. MORE APPROPRI
BUILT IN THE TENTH
CALLED A TANK, IT WAS BUILT WHEN THE CITY LAL KOT WAS FOUNDED. SOME
-ATELY
INCLUDE GANDHAK KI BAOLI, RATON KI BAOLI,
IMPORTANT EXTANT BAOLIS IN DELHI
BAOLI AT PURANA ILA AND THE BAOLI
AT BAOLI AT FIROZ
AGRASEN KI BAOLI, THE
SHAH KOTLA.