🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Somnath Temple Gujarat
Chaulukya 11th c. reconstruction; current 1951 · Gujarati Hindu (Chaulukya/Solanki)
Somnath Jyotirlinga – 12 shrines legend first jyotirlinga, at Prabhas Patan Triveni sangam. Chalukya 11th c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Early Hindu 8th–11th c + Gujarat Sultanate 1484–1535 CE · Rajput / Chalukya Hindu + Gujarat Sultanate Islamic
Concentrated ensemble of 8th–16th c heritage within 1,329 ha: Chalukya hill fort and Lakulisa temples on Pavagadh (737 m cone), and Sultanate Champaner – pre-Mughal Islamic city (1484–1535) of Mahmud…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sun Temple Modhera Sabha Mandapa East
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Sun Temple Modhera Sabha Mandapa East in Gujarat, Modhera, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Rani ki Vav (Queen's Stepwell)
Solanki Chaulukya 1022–1063 CE · Gujarati / Solanki Hindu (Maru-Gurjara)
Jewel-box stepwell (1022–1063 CE) built by Queen Udayamati in memory of Bhima I, 64 m long with seven descending galleries and 500+ principal sculptures.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sun Temple — Modhera
Chaulukya–Solanki Golden Age (960–1243 CE) · Hindu Solanki (Gurjara–Pratihara derivative); Surya cult
1026 Bhima I Chaulukya: 100-m Surya Kund mirror tank and equinox-aligned sanctum on Tropic of Cancer.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Karla Caves
Hinayana Buddhist, Satavahana period 2nd c. BCE – 2nd c. CE · Buddhist (Theravada) merchants and Satavahana dynasty
India's largest Buddhist chaitya hall (45 m) with original timber ribs, 1st c. BCE–CE.