page_title: Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
section_title: Monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park / Monuments
caption_attribution_description: English: The eastern gate to the walled citadel of Champaner This is a photo of ASI monument number&#160; N-GJ-87.
context_page_description: Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in Panchmahal district in Gujarat, India. It is located around the historical city of Champaner, a city which was founded by Vanraj Chavda, the most prominent king of the Chavda Dynasty, in the 8th century. He named it after the name of his friend and general Champa, also known later as Champaraj. The heritage site is studded with forts with bastions starting from the hills of Pavagadh, and extending into the city of Champaner. The park's landscape includes archaeological, historic and living cultural heritage monuments such as chalcolithic sites, a hill fortress of an early Hindu capital, and remains of the 16th-century capital of the state of Gujarat. There are palaces, entrance gates and arches, mosques, tombs and temples, residential complexes, agricultural structures and water installations such as stepwells and tanks, dating from the 8th to the 14th centuries. The Kalika Mata Temple, located on top of the 800 metres high Pavagadh Hill, is an important Hindu shrine in the region, attracting large numbers of pilgrims throughout the year.
context_section_description: There are eleven different types of buildings at Champaner-Pavagadh, including mosques, temples, granaries, tombs, wells, walls, and terraces. The monuments are situated at the foot of and around the Pavagadh hill. The Heritage Trust of Baroda lists 114 monuments in the area, of which only 39 monuments are maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India, due to limited funding.  The Forest Department owns 94% of the land here, while the temple trusts and other sectarian establishments provide facilities for boarding and lodging to the pilgrims and tourists. On the southern side near the foot of the hill some dilapidated houses and the foundations of Jain temples can also be seen.
  The monuments include:
  Champaner
  Helical stepped well
  Sakar Khan's Dargah
  City Gate near Kasbin Talao
  Citadel walls
  City walls at south-east corner of the citadel going up the hill
  East and South Bhadra Gates
  Sahar ki Masjid (Bohrani)
  Three cells inside the citadel wall between Sahar ki Masjid the local fund Dharmashala
  Mandvi or Custom House
  Jami Masjid
  Stepwell north of Jama Masjid
  Kevda Masjid and Cenotaph
  Tomb with a big dome in the centre and small corner domes on way to Khajuri Masjid near Wada Talao
  Cenotaph of Kevda Masjid
  Nagina Masjid
  Cenotaph of Nagina Masjid
  Lila Gumbaz ki Masjid, Chapaner
  Kabutarkhana Pavilion on the north bank of Wada Talao near Khajuri Masjid
  Kamani Masjid
  Bawaman Mosque
  Pavagad hill
  Gate No. 1 on Pavagarh hill (Atak Gate)
  Gate No. 2 (with three gateways, Budhiya gate)
  Gate No. 3 (Moti gate, Sadanshah-Gate)
  Gate No. 4 with big bastion with cells in the interior
  Sat Manzil between gate Nos. 4 and 5 right up to bastions on top
  Mint above Gate No4
  Gate No. 5 near Machi (Gulan Bulan Gate)
  Gate No. 6 (Buland Darwaza)
  Makai Kothar
  Palace of Patai Rawal with tanks
  Gate No. 7 near iron bridge (Makai Gate)
  Gate No. 8 (Tarapore Gate)
  The fort of Pavagad and ruined Hindu and Jain temples on the top of Pavagad hills
  Navlakha Kothar
  Walls of fort on top
caption: Eastern fortress gate
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