Battisi Baoli

Battisi Baoli, meaning thirty two after its flights of steps, was built in 1485 during the reign of Sultan Ghiyasuddin Khilji as part of a larger complex that also included a garden and a mosque compared in style to Jerusalem's Al Aqsa. The square stepwell measures roughly sixty feet on each side and descends four storeys, with landings at each level opening onto ghats that ring the well. Local tradition holds that its water level stays constant year round, a detail that has helped keep the site part of Chanderi's living water heritage rather than a purely historical curiosity.