JAIPUR

PLANNING
The capital of Dhoondhar was changed
from AMBER to JAIPUR due to
military and geographical reasons.
CONCEPTUAL PRASTARA PLAN

The mandala could not

be complete in the
NW due to the
presence of the hills.

The central axis of the On the other hand in

the SE an extra square
town was laid from East has been added that
to West between the gates plugged the gap
of the Sun(Suraj pol) and between the city and
the eastern hills.
the moon(Chandpol)
Planned according to the
Prastara type of layout,
which gives prominence to
the cardinal directions.
Thus plan of jaipur is a grid
of 3×3 with gridlines being
the city’s main streets.
 The palace building
covered two blocks,
the town six and the
remaining ninth block
was not usable on
account of steep hills.

South of the main road

were four almost equal
rectangles. The rectangle
opposite the palace has
been broken up into two
equal and smaller
rectangles by the Chaura
Rasta