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The Indian monument recently inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List is :
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- Jantar Mantar of Ujjain
- Jantar Mantar of Varanasi
- Jantar Mantar of Delhi
- Jantar Mantar of Jaipur
Correct Option: D
The Jantar Mantar is a collection of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1734. It has been inscribed on the World Heritage List as "an expression of the astronomical skills and cosmological concepts of the court of a scholarly prince at the end of the Mughal period".