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Anhilwara through time

Now Patan, Gujarat

UNESCO World Heritage Site. Inscribed for Rani ki Vav, the queen's stepwell at Patan, not for the whole town

  1. Theme 12c · 900 to 1200 CE

    The Rajput kingdoms

    The capital of the Chaulukyas, or Solankis

  2. Theme M3 · 1150 to 1210 CE

    The second Turkish invasion and the Rajput kingdoms

    The Chaulukya capital, taken by Aibak in 1197 in revenge for Kasahrada

  3. Theme M5 · 1206 to 1526 CE

    The Delhi Sultanate: five dynasties, 1206 to 1526

    Gujarat was conquered by Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan in 1299, and its king Karna fled