The Amer Fort was really a winter/summer palace getaway for the Maharaja and his wives. It has an artificial lake (which is dry due to the drought) and a lovely floating garden to look down upon. This lake helped to keep the Fort cool along with numerous ingenious other methods like water tanks dripping water in front of windows and channels of water running through the floors (early forms of air conditioning). There was also an internal courtyard garden in the Mughal style with water channels and fountains. Game hunting of tigers, panthers and deer was also big here. The lands around the Fort are now a nature reserve but without the tigers. There is another Fort on top of the hill which housed the military.
All in all a very beautiful and worthwhile experience.
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