Junagadh Junction.
Entrance to the fortified city of Junagadh.
Main Entrance to the city of Junagadh.
An old construction : converted into School
Mahabat Maqbara.
Rock edicts of Emperor Ashoka : 3rd Century B.C.
The Ashokan edicts impart moral instructions on dharma, harmony, tolerance, and peace. An uneven rock, with a circumference of seven metres and a height of ten metres, bears inscriptions in Brāhmī script etched with an iron pen.
Uperkot is an impressive fort located on a plateau in the middle of town. It was originally built in 319 BC. It was covered over for 300 years, then rediscovered in 976 AD. It was besieged 16 times over an 800-year period. One siege lasted twelve years, but was not successful.
Main entrance to the fort.
Kashtbhanjan Hanuman.
A series of entrances.
Towards Kadanal Canon and water reservoir.
Mountain Girnar can be seen.
Kadanal Canon
Water reservoir on the top of the fort.
Fortification wall.
At one of the bastion.
Fortified wall.
Fortification of Uparkot.
Swifts.
Parakit.
The Adi Chadi Vav descends 170 steps.
Amazing... This kind of structure I have never seen before.
Buddisht Caves in Uparkot
You need to go down from there.
Ohhh!! Underground there is one more cave??
One needs to go down further.
This symbol you will see in every Buddhist Cave.
Look at the carvings on those pillars.
WTF... Is this called as a restoration or conservation?? Is this fucking thing ASI doing?? Ruined beauty of an old structure.
The so-called “Buddhist Caves” around Uparkot are not actually caves, but three separate sites of rooms carved out of stone to be used as monks’ quarters, hence the name. They are all a little over 2000 years old.
The Jama Masjid was originally the palace of Ranakdevi, but was converted to a mosque by Sultan Muhammad Begda when he conquered the princes of Saurashtra. It also has a covered courtyard, which is very unusual in Indian mosques.
Jama Masjid has 140 pillars supporting its ceiling.
Two medieval cannons named Neelam and Manek, forged in Cairo and brought by the Turks who sailed to Saurashtra to aid in defending Diu against the Portuguese.
The 11th century Navghan Kuva has a circular stairway that descends over 50 m down into the well.
