CHAMPANER-PAVAGADH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
CHAMPANER-PAVAGADH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK

CHAMPANER-PAVAGADH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK

CHAMPANER-PAVAGADH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
  • Forty-seven kilometres outside the city of Baroda in Gujarat, is the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO world-heritage site. The oldest structures in the park date back to the 8th century while the additions made by Sultan Mahmud Begada date to the 16th century. It was once the capital of the Gujarat Sultanate before it was moved to Ahmedabad and therefore features intricately designed palaces and musjids as well as mandirs and stepwells that were present there pre-16th century. 

  • Champaner-Pavagadh is regarded as the “only complete and unchanged Islamic pre-Mughal city” in India, which highlights its historical significance.

Darul Uloom Ashrafiya Arabiya

The Darul-Uloom Ashrafiya Arabiya in Rander, Surat was established in 1870 by Haji Ismail Mohammed Ashraf. Initially a madrasa, it expanded into a full-fledged Dar-ul-Uloom under the leadership of Maulana Ahmed Ashraf Randeri. The institution aimed to provide in-depth...

DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND

Musjid Rasheed Named after the city of its origin, the north Indian town of Deoband, the madrasa was founded in 1867 by Moulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Moulana Qasim Nanautvi.  The objective of its establishment was to preserve Muslim identity and heritage in the...

THE CHERAMAN JUMA MUSJID

Believed to date as far back as 700 C.E, the Musjid is regarded as India’s first and oldest Musjid. It is known as the Malik Dinar or Cheraman Musjid.  There are differing oral traditions as to how it came into being. One narrative suggests that the ruler of Kerala...
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