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Amer was abandoned as a capital because the hill site had grown cramped and short of water, which is the direct reason Jaipur exists at all.
The Kachhwaha capital before Jaipur, on a hill above Maota Lake, developed from the late 16th century. Inscribed in 2013 as part of the serial World Heritage property 'Hill Forts of Rajasthan'.
Included in the composite monuments ticket.








