What you see

Four courtyards and the elephant ride (the most precisely AmberFort single Suraj Pol Ganesh Pol Diwan-i-Am public audience Diwan-i-Khas private audience Jas Mandir Sheesh Mahal elephant ride Maota Lake Jaigarh Fort UNESCO heritage: the fort circuit: the Suraj Pol (Sun Gate; the main entrance from the elephant path; the first courtyard (the Jaleb Chowk; the parade and stable ground; large enough for elephant processions)); the Ganesh Pol (Ganesh Gate; the most decorated of all Amber’s gates; three stories of fresco paintings depicting elephant processions, battle scenes, and scenes from Hindu mythology; named for the carved Ganesh above the gateway arch); the Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience; the second courtyard; open colonnaded hall with 27 columns; where the maharaja received subjects and petitions); the Jas Mandir and Sheesh Mahal (the inner sanctum; the private audience hall and the Hall of Mirrors (see Key facts)); the Zenana Mahal (the women’s quarters; extending through the inner courtyard; multiple levels of private apartments with garden views); the elephant ride (elephants have traditionally carried visitors from the Maota Lake base to the Suraj Pol gate; a controversial practice (animal welfare concerns have led to significant controversy; the Rajasthan government has alternately permitted and restricted the rides; check current status)); the Jaigarh Fort (the military fort above Amber Fort on the ridge; connected by a covered passage; houses the largest wheeled cannon in the world (the Jai Ban cannon; 1720 CE; 8m long; 50 tonnes; never fired in battle)) — the most precisely AmberFort single Suraj Pol Ganesh Pol Diwan-i-Am public audience Diwan-i-Khas private audience Jas Mandir Sheesh Mahal elephant ride Maota Lake Jaigarh Fort UNESCO heritage in any UNESCO world heritage site)).