*"Ancient well at Udalij Ahmedabad," by John Brownrigg Bellasis, 1822-56* (BL)

*Adalaj - The public well or wav; a photo by Colin Murray (Bourne and Shepherd), 1874* (BL)

The top of the Adalaj step-well, or "vav," built by Rani Rudabai in 1499 in the village of Adalaj, near Ahmedabad

Source: http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~islamarc/WebPage1/1675/Img0084B.jpg
(downloaded July 2005)

A look at some of the lower levels of the Adalaj vav

Source: http://www.stallman.org/photos/india/ahmedabad/step-well/pages/pictures.html
(downloaded July 2005)

An interior view of the Adalaj Vav

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemorris/298821412/
(downloaded Nov. 2006)

The photographer calls this one "Window of my Dreams"

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/prakhar/185698153/
(downloaded Nov. 2006)