1. STEP WELLS IN INDIA

2. Stepwells In Hindi-speaking regions, they include names based on baudi (including bawdi, bawri, baoli, bavadi, bavdi).   bawdi Hindi: बावड़ी) or baoli (Hindi: बावली)  barav (Marathi: बारव) or  vaav (Gujarati: વાવ) are wells or ponds in which the water may be reached by descending a set of steps

3. step well may be considered to be storage and irrigation tanks to cope with seasonal fluctuations in water availability. A basic difference between step wells on the one hand, and tanks and wells on the other, was to make it easier for people to reach the ground water, and to maintain and manage the well.

4. Numbers of surviving stepwells can be found in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
Agrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi
Rajon ki baoli, New Delhi
Charthana Barav, Parbhani District, Maharashtra
The Rani ki vav at Patan, Gujarat
The Adalaj ni Vav at Adalaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Raniji ki Baori in Bundi, Rajasthan; Bundi has over 60 baolis in and around the town.
The Pushkarani monument at Vijayanagara, Karnataka

5. Agrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi

6. Agrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi

7. Rajon ki baoli, New Delhi

8. Rajon ki baoli, New Delhi

9. Charthana Barav, Parbhani District, Maharashtra

10. The Rani ki vav at Patan, Gujarat

11. The Rani ki vav at Patan, Gujarat

12. The Adalaj ni Vav at Adalaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

13. The Adalaj ni Vav at Adalaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

14. The Adalaj ni Vav at Adalaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

15. Raniji ki Baori in Bundi, Rajasthan

16. Raniji ki Baori in Bundi, Rajasthan

17. Raniji ki Baori in Bundi, Rajasthan

18. The Pushkarani monument