Site Name: Meham/Maham
Date: 1658-59 CE (Inscribed)
Subject: General view from top level
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This step well (baoli) is well known as 'choron ki baoli' (thiefs' step well). It is located approximately half a kilometer from Meham on the Bhiwani-Meham road in Mohalla Kishangarh. It is one of the finest and the best preserved step-wells in Haryana. According to an inscription on the well, it was built by Saidu Kala, a chobdar to Emperor Shah Jahan in 1658-59 AD. The baoli, an elaborate structure of brick and kankar block, has one hundred one steps in three stages, separated by landings, leading to water level. At the end of flights of steps, is the circular well. The subsidiary staircases built within the thickness of the walls provide access to the landings. The step-well is currently surrounded by local dwellings.