List of Monuments studied in this work(in the chronological order) (1).Ancient Jaina Chhatrīs of Ajmer (8th and 9th centuries A.D.)(2).Ajaypal Temple No.1 Ajmer (late 8th-early 9th century A.D.)(3).Ajaypal Temple No.2 Ajmer (late 8th-early 9th century A.D.)(4).Ajaypal Temple No.3 Ajmer (c. 9th century A.D.) (5).Ajaypal Temple No.4 Ajmer (c. 10th century A.D.) (6).Śiva Temple Thanvla (mid-10th century A.D.) (7).Viṣṇu Temple Thanvla (late 10th -11th century A.D.) (8).Varāha Temple Pushkar (c. 1151-67 A.D.) (9).Vīsalyā (Vīsal-Sar) Ajmer (c. 1151-67 A.D.) (10).Adhai-Din-ka-Jhompra Masjid (including the original Śiva Temple) Ajmer (1151-67 A.D.; 1195-1230 A.D.)(11).Tārāgaḍh Fort (including the Buland-Darwāzah and the Baḍā-Darwāzah) Ajmer (1570-1627 A.D.) (12).Dargāh MīrānṢāhibKhingsawār, Taragadh Fort Ajmer (1572-1615 A.D.) (13).Dargāh Khwājah Muin'd-Dīn Chishti Sahib Ajmer (c. 1570-1658 A.D.) (14).City Parkoṭā and its Mughal Gates Ajmer (1570-76 A.D.) (15).Imperial Treasury (Bādshāhi Maḥal) of the Mughals Ajmer (1570-72 A.D.) (16).Akbar's Masjid inside the DargāhAjmer (1570-76 A.D.) (17).Akbar's Castle (Daulat-Khānah, Magazine) Ajmer (1570-76 A.D.)(18).Chashmā-i-Nūr (Hāfiz Jamāl, The Happy Valley) Ajmer (1613-16 A.D.) (19).Bādshāhī-Maḥal Pushkar (1613-16 A.D.) (20).Shah Jehan's Masjid inside the DargāhAjmer (1628-37 A.D.)(21).Ānā-Sāgar Bārhdarīs, Ajmer (c. 1637 A.D.) CHAPTERS (1).Antiquity of Pushkar and Ajmer 24 - 67(a).Pushkar --24(b).Ajmer--33Appendix-A: Ancient Jaina Chhatris of Ajmer-48(8th century A.D. onwards) Appendix-B: 'Āīn-i-Akbari's Ṣūbah (Province) of Ajmer50(c.1600 A.D.) (2).Archaeology of Ajmer --68-89(Through the Ages) (a).Introduction--68(b).History of Excavation and Conservation at Ajmer 70(c).The A.S.I. vis-à-vis Ajmer-75(d).Lord Curzon's Assertions -78(e).Archaeology Negated -81(f).The Laws and Helplessness of the State-82 Archaeology(g).M.M. Pt. G.H. Ojha's Survey Reports of83 Rajputana Museum Ajmer(1908-9 onwards) Appendix-C: British Govt. Letter d. 29th August 1867 88Appendix-D: British Govt. Letter d. 13 February 1873 89(3).Ajaypal and Thanvla Temples 90-152(Introduction to Chauhan Temple Architecture) (a).The Ajaypal Temples -90(b).The Thanvla Temples-97(c).An Introduction to Chauhan-99Temple Architecture (4).Visalya or Visalsarat Ajmer -153-165(The Lake of Vīsala Deva, 1151-67 A.D.) (5).The Adhai-Din-ka-Jhompra Ajmer -166-261(from Temple to Mosque)(1151-1167 A.D.; 1195-1230 A.D.)(a).The Nomenclature-166(b).The Site, Plan and Architecture-168(c).The Sanskrit Inscriptions (Plays)-177(d).The Astronomical Panel -183(e).The Sanskrit College -185(f).The Arabic Inscriptions -187(g).A Compendium of the Remains of the-192Original Temple (h).Its Site is owned by the Hindu Deity -199(6).The Tārāgạdh Fort Ajmer -262-278(7).Dargāh Mīrān Ṣāhib, Taragadh Fort -279-283(8).Khwājah Mu'īn-al-Din Chishtī 'Gharīb-Nawāz' and284-301His Dargah at Ajmer (a).Tazkirāt and the Legend of the Khwājah-285(b).The Site of the Dargāh-287(c).The Cult of the Supernatural -291(d).Ajmer designated THE HOLY CITY (Dār'al-Sa'ādat) of the Mughal Empire -294(9).City Parkoṭā and Gates, Ajmer --302-310(1570-76 A.D.)(including the extinct Caravan-Sarai of Akbar)(10).Imperial Office and Treasury--311-328(the so called Bādshāhī-Maḥal) of the Mughals at Ajmer(1570-72)(11).Akbar's Mosque in the Dargāh Complex, -329-342Ajmer (1570-76) (12).Akbar's Castle (Qal'a-i-Akbar) or Daulat Khānah343-379 (so called 'Magazine')Ajmer (1570-
