Jaipur - part V - Jaigarh Fort

We left the Amber Fort and drove farther up the hill to an older fort, more functional, less beautiful. It is on the crest of the hill and was designed to increase the security of the Amber Fort and the city of Jaipur. It also has massive tanks and a system to collect rainwater. One of the tanks holds 6 million gallons of water! These places are amazing, in their sheer size! This view is of the Amber Fort down below.
We walked out to the end of the wall, to the tower on the end. Each of these little arched battlements has a space for soldiers to get in and fire down on attackers thru an angled slit. We discovered a downside to the "crawl on all the historic buildings" philosophy - the Indians have a real shortage of public bathrooms, and as much as they like the side of the road, apparently they really like these tiny spaces every 12 feet along this 300 year old wall. GROSS! and really smelly. ick. On the way back, we cut thru a different way and discovered that the place is CRAWLING with monkeys! Tons of 'em. Lots of babies too. We were going to walk down this path but when that many monkeys start hissing at you, you start to reconsider!

This building houses the Jaivan cannon, the largest cannon in the world. It requires 3 elephants to move it. It has only been fired once, and apparently deafened the men who set it off.

Another panoramic look.