PROBASHI- A Cultural News Magazine Volume 2 Issue 1

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Baolis of Delhi- Wells Well Dug of . the Khari Baoli market , Old Delhi . Old Delhi has many such names of localities after the wells which have long since disappeared . This includes Beriwala Kuan , Laundon‐ka‐Kuan ( well of boys ), Randion‐ka‐Kuan ( prostitutes ’ well ) in Chawri Bazar , where the red light area was originally situated , and Chirimaron‐ka‐Kuan or the well where bird‐ catchers were found . Neem‐ka‐ Kuan had a neem tree above it , Pipal‐ka‐Kuan , a peepul tree and Kikar‐Ka‐Kuan , a kikar or babul tree .

The historic baolis and wells were not merely a hole on the earth for drawing water , a whole culture developed around them .

The historic baolis and wells were not merely a hole on the earth for drawing water , a whole culture developed around them

Written By Probashi Editorial Team , coordinated by Amit Mukherji

Well / Baoli				Location					Period	Details
Lal Kuan Well				Bazaar Lal Kuan					Pre Mughal	Well was built of red sandstone and gave the locality its name .
Redfort Baoli				Redfort					Tughlaq	Has unusual design and of his archealogical significance
Jonti Village Well				Kanjhaola					Mughal Period	Circular Well attached to a shikargah ( hunting Lodge )
Hindu Rao Baoli				Near Hindu Rao Hospital					Firoz Tuglaq	Shows signs of serious deterioration
Agrasen Ki Baoli				Hailey Road , Connaught Place					Pre Lodhi	Baoli built by the Aggarwal community Impressivfe structure ..
Circular Baoli				Firoz Shah Kotla ,					Lodi	A 3 floor circular shapted stepwell . Used for watering the adjacent gardens .
Purana Qila Baoli				Inside Purana Qila					1540s	.
Safdurjung tomb well				Outside East wall of the Tomb					AD 1753	Used to work the fountains of Safdurjung fomp . Now filled up
Well lodhi garden				Lod Garden gate 2					Late Mughals	Water is still pulled out from it with the use of electric pump
Nizamuddin Baoli				Nizamuddin Dargah					1321‐22	In active use and its water considered sacred
Chausath khamba Well				Nizamuddin Village					Early Mughal	The well has an unusual square shape
Mihr Banu Mkt Baoli				East Nizamuddin near Arab Sarai					Mughal	Now in ruins
Humayun Tomb Well				Humayun Tomb Complex					Early Mughal	The well is closed but the superstructure can be seen
Nursery well				Sundar Nursery , Nizamuddin						Small dia , not very deep ,
Humayun			Tomb	Humayn Tomb Complex					1565	Amongst the largest surviving well structures in Delhi , provided water
encloseurw well										to the canals and gardens of Humayun tomb
Kotla	Mubarakpur			Kotla Mumarakpur					Lodhi	This was a five story baoli , only the south wall remains , the rest has
Baoli										been filled up and built over
Vasant Kunj Baoli				Moradabad pahari behind D					Lodhi	A step well with three storied pavalion . Access to this site is difficult
				bLock
RK Puram Baoli				Sector 5 RK Puram					Lodhi	Measures 30 m by 12 m with an attached well . It is dried up . The well flanked with domed turrets
Safdurjung		Enclave		On road leading from Block B‐4 ,					Late Mughal	Well preserved , very deep well . Ornamental sandstone slabs fitted
well				Humayunpur village						over the mouth
GreenPark Well				Adjacent to F‐68 , Green Park					Lodhi
Saket baoli				Opp Saket		Sports Complex ,			Tughlaq	Complete ruins some steps of the south side , and some walls of east
South of Press enclave										and west side remains . Water still collects at the depression
Tughlaqabad Well				DDA	Park		Tuglaqabad		Tuglaq	Only well in Delhi tha has a spiral staircasebuilt along the well wall
nInstittuional Area										which decends till the bottom of the well .
Mehrauli Well‐1				Qutub Complex					Mughal
Mehrauli Well II south				Qutub Complex Mehrauli					Late Mughal
of Alai Minar
Anang Tal Baoli				12 kms from Lal Kot excavation					Tomar ( 1050 AD )	A reservoir had steps leading to the tank bed .
				Mehrauli
Gandhak ki baoli				Ward 7 Mehrauli					Illtutmish ( 1210‐ 36 )	One of the oldest baolis of Delhi , water still seen but it is stagnant , the undergroaund stream has dried iup .
Mehrauli Well III				Ward 4 mehrauli					Late Mughal	The well defines a chowk ( roundabout ). Serious deterioration , The well has dried up .
Qutub Sahib Baoli				Inside the Qutub Sahib Dargah ,					1846 AD	. Plans being made to revive this baoli
				Mehrauli
Mehrauli Well IV				Roae Garden Mehrauli					Late Mughal	Interstingly a sculpture by Stephen Coz was erected next to the well in 1996 .
Rajaon ki Baoli				Mehrauli 100 mts from jamali Kamali					1506 AD	One of the most beautiful baolis of Delhi .
Ahinsa Sthal baoli				DDA	Park	behind		Ahinsa	Tuglaq / Lodhi	In ruins now with thick vegetation grwoing on the walls and bed of
Sthalmehrauli mahipalpur road										the structure . . The nasonary has been plundered . Requires
										restoration .
Kamalnath Farm Baoli				Kamalnath Farn Sultanpur					Lodhi	High archealogical value . Enclosed by 1 m thick wall , with stone steps leading to an octagonal chattri . It is located within a private property
Loharehri Baoli				Near a pvt school on Azad Hind Fauj Marg , Sector 12 , Dwarka					Lodhi	Discovered in 2011

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