A Jali noma jaali, (Jali, okusho "inetha") leli gama ngoba itshe perforated noma latticed isikrini, ngokuvamile iphathini Ornamental icanjwe ngokusebenzisa calligraphy, i-geometry noma amaphethini zemvelo.Leli fomu lokuhlobisa ngokwakha livamile ekwakhiweni kwe- Indo-Islamic futhi ikakhulukazi ekwakhiweni kwamaSulumane. Ngokusho kuka-Yatin Pandya, i- jali ivumela ukukhanya nomoya ngenkathi inciphisa ilanga nemvula.Futhi lapho umoya udlula kulokhu kuvuleka, isivinini sawo sandisa ukwanda okukhulu.   Izimbobo zivame ukuba cishe ngobubanzi obufanayo noma zibe ncane kunokushuba kwetshe, ngaleyo ndlela zinikeze amandla ezakhiwo.Kuye kwaphawulwa ukuthi ezindaweni ezinomswakama efana Kerala futhi Konkan zinemigodi ezinkudlwana jikelele opacity ngaphansana eqhathaniswa ezifundeni ezomile sezulu Gujarat futhi Rajasthan. Ngokusetshenziswa kabanzi kwengilazi ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, kanye nokuxinana kwezindawo zokuhlala eNdiya yanamuhla, i- jalis yehla kakhulu ezindabeni zobumfihlo nezokuphepha. Umsebenzi oyisisekelo wamatshe ayizinxande waseJali ubonakala ngesikhathi samaGupta amathempeli amaNachna wamaHindu kanye namathempeli aseGupta Pattadakal.Emsebenzini waseChina owenziwe ngokhuni owakhiwe ngesikhathi sobukhosi bakwaHan, leli siko liqhubekile nokwakhiwa kwamanje kwamaShayina. Imibhalo yesiSanskrit ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo uSilpa (650 AD), uSamarangana-Sutradhara weNkosi uBhoja (1018-1054 AD), uKāśyapā-Śilpā (1300) no-pilpā-Ratnam wekhulu leshumi nesithupha leminyaka bakhuluma noma baxoxa ngejalis.