{"id":1590,"date":"2017-04-09T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T07:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jatinchhabra.com\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2020-03-11T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T09:57:04","slug":"agrasen-ki-baoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jatinchhabra.com\/agrasen-ki-baoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Agrasen Ki Baoli – Not a haunted stepwell in New Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time plays a game which makes sure that we all become a part of history one day. The same game has been played with a historical site which was used to collect rainwater and also acted as a popular social gathering place for women\u2019s in Indian villages or cities.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking about the Stepwells of India<\/strong>, which are now mentioned as Ancient India Stepwells<\/strong>, as they have gone extinct.<\/p>\n

In my journey from New Delhi to Karnataka, I’ve explored more than two dozen stepwells which were used to store rainwater, and some of them have incredible craftsmanship, that might even make Taj Mahal, the second-best site in India.<\/p>\n

But last month I visited a stepwell which is just 10 km from my home and almost every major newspaper in New Delhi has featured it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking about Agrasen Ki Baoli which is in Connaught Place, New Delhi.<\/p>\n

An Introduction to Agrasen Ki Baoli<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Ugrasen ki Baoli signboard<\/p><\/div>\n

If you do google search for Agrasen Ki Baoli, you will find that this stepwell has more than 1250 reviews, which is a damn good number.<\/p>\n

I knew about this stepwell when I visited the 1st stepwell site Chand Baori<\/a><\/strong> back in July. But I always delayed visiting Agrasen Ki Baoli as it\u2019s just 20-minute drive from my home and it took six months to take this drive.<\/p>\n

Agrasen Ki Baoli which is also called as Ugrasen ki Baoli<\/strong> is a 60-meter-deep and 15-meter-wide stepwell which has a written history of more than 900 years; 12th-century stepwell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Many have also claimed that this stepwell was built by Maharaja Agrasen who dated back to Mahabharata era, around 5000-6000 years old. If this claim is true, then Agrasen Ki Baoli is the oldest stepwell site in the world.<\/p>\n

Though real historians have suggested that an Aggrawal poet named Vibudh Shridhar has mentioned in his work, Pasanahacariu, that Agrasen Ki Baoli was built in 1132 AD<\/strong> and later in the 14th century, it was re-developed by Aggarwal Community.<\/p>\n

Location of Agrasen Ki Baoli<\/strong><\/h2>\n