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Rani Ki Chattri and Tank at Ballabhgarh, Faridabad district of Haryana, is a late Mughal-period cenotaph dated to around 1818 CE and commissioned by the widow of Anrudh Singh, Raja of Ballabhgarh. Constructed of brick and lime mortar with buff-coloured sandstone, the monument is maintained by the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Haryana.

Rani ki Vav, The Queen's Step Well, was built in the last decades of the eleventh century by Queen Udayamati as a memorial to her husband Bhimadeva I of the Chauhukya or Solanki dynasty. Measuring more than sixty-five metres in length, it is among the largest in Gujarat, and in terms of its sculptures which number several hundred, surpasses all other examples. Adorned with exquisitely carved sculptures arranged in panelled niches, it is actually a temple well. The CA&A's architectural documentation team measured this stepped well and developed a to-the-scale 3D model, which not only allows an unhindered walkthrough of this seven terraced stepped well, but it also allows access to the closed areas of this monument such as the Well and pavilions making it a tremendous tool for a detailed study of the monument.

Rani ki Vav with water, Walkthrough, Patan, Gujarat

Rani ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat

Rani ki Vav, The Queen's Step Well, was built in the last decades of the eleventh century by Queen Udayamati as a memorial to her husband Bhimadeva I of the Chauhukya or Solanki dynasty. Measuring more than sixty-five metres in length, it is among the largest in Gujarat, and in terms of its sculptures which number several hundred, surpasses all other examples. Adorned with exquisitely carved sculptures arranged in panelled niches, it is actually a temple well. 

Rani Vav, Nadol, Rajasthan

Raniji Ki Baori, Bundi, Rajasthan