AMBER, a ruined city of India, the ancient capital of Jaipur State in the Rajputana agency. The name of Amber is first men tioned by Ptolemy. It was founded by the Minas and was still flourishing in A.D. 967. In 1037 it was taken by the Rajputs, who held it till it was deserted. In 1728 it was supplanted by the mod ern city of Jaipur, from which it is 5m. distant. The picturesque situation of Amber at the mouth of a rocky mountain gorge, in which nestles a lovely lake, is enhanced by the beauty of its archi tecture. The old palace begun by Man Sing in 1600 ranks second only to Gwalior. The chief building is the Diwan-i-`Am, built by Mirza Raja, the pillars of which are still plastered over with the stucco with which Mirza had had them covered to avert the anger of Jahangir; for the emperor had been told that the sculptures on them eclipsed the marvels of the imperial city.