Why visit Vadnagar
Townapedia lists 11 museums and landmarks in and around town.
Highlights include Vadnagar Archaeological Experiential Museum.
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About Vadnagar
Vadnagar is a town and municipality in the Mehsana district of the state of Gujarat in India. It is located 35 km (22 mi) from Mehsana. Its ancient names include Anartapura (the capital of Anarta) and Anandapura. It was a location visited by Xuanzang in 640 C.E.
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Museums and landmarks11
Vadnagar Archaeological Experiential Museum
Museum · 0.6 km
Archeology and history museum in Vadnagar, Gujarat, India
Churches and places of worship1
Schools, colleges and libraries3
Healthcare8
History
The archeological excavations presented sequence assigned from 4th-3rd century BCE to the present period. Recent excavations, in six trenches, consider the beginning of the site to be around 800 BCE, (ca. 2754 calibrated years before present).
Archaeologists found seven cultural periods of continuous human presence: 1) Pre-Mauryan, (ca. 800-320 BCE), (contemporary to Late-Vedic/pre-Buddhist Mahajanapadas or oligarchic republics), 2) Mauryan (ca. 320-185 BCE), 3) Indo-Greek, 4) Indo-Scythian or Shaka-Kshatrapas (ca. 35-415 CE), ('Satraps', descendants of provincial governors of the ancient Achaemenid Empire), 5) Hindu-Solankis, 6) Sultanate-Mughal (Islamic) to Gaekwad-British colonial rule (ca. 318 years before present), and 7) Recent.
Several ancient inscriptions and literary sources mention a town called Anartapura or Anandapura, identified as the area in and around the present-day Vadnagar. The epic tale Mahabharata mentions the Anarta Kingdom in the northern part of present-day Gujarat. The oldest Puranic legend about Gujarat is about a king named Anartha. The town is mentioned in the Tirtha Mahatmya section of the Nagara Khanda of the Skanda Purana, by the name of Chamatkarapura. The Junagadh rock inscription (dating from 150 C.E.) of the Western Kshatrapa King, Rudradaman I, mentions a region called "Anartha" (meaningless) in northern present-day Gujarat.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 79 km away.
- Kherālu 11 km north, about 11 min by car
- Visnagar 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- Unjha 25 km west, about 25 min by car
- Vijāpur 27 km southeast, about 27 min by car
- Siddhapur 31 km northwest, about 31 min by car
- Mahesāna 33 km southwest, about 33 min by car
- Idar 37 km east, about 37 min by car
- Himatnagar 39 km southeast, about 39 min by car
- Gandhinagar 63 km south, about 1 h by car
- Ahmedabad 85 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Photo credits
- Patthar ni Haveli, Vadnagar, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Patthar ni Haveli Street, Vadnagar, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Chautawalu Derasar, Vadnagar 1, Dhruvshah03, CC BY 4.0
- Baroti Bazar, Vadnagar, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Vadnagar7, Dhruvshah03, CC BY 4.0
- Hathi Derasar, Vadnagar 1, Dhruvshah03, CC BY 4.0
- Hathi Derasar, Vadnagar, Dhruvshah03, CC BY 4.0
- Vadnagar8, Dhruvshah03, CC BY 4.0
- VadnagarPlatformBoard2, Makwana1993, CC BY-SA 4.0
- VadnagarPlatform1, Makwana1993, CC BY-SA 4.0
- VadnagarStation, Makwana1993, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vadnagar Torana, Mitesh51, CC BY-SA 3.0
- VadnagarValsadIntercityAtVadnagar, Makwana1993, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 06, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 01, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 05, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 07, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 03, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 02, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 04, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HATKESHWAR MAHADEV VADNAGAR GUJARAT 08, Mrudangmehta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- VadnagarPlatformBoard1, Makwana1993, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ValsadVadnagarIntercityExpressBoard, Makwana1993, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Junjunio Kuvo well, Vadnagar, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Jhun Jhuniyo Kuvo (Jhun Jhuniyo Well), Vadnagar, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Junjunio Kuvo 03, Vadnagar, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Chautawalu Derasar, Vadnagar, Dhruvshah03, CC BY 4.0
- Guri kund, Vadnagar, Sagarrank, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lateri Vav, Vadnagar, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Lateri Vav (stepwell), Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Lateri Stepwell, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- Pancham Mehta Vav 1, BokiPikle, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lateri vav, Aswathyhariharan, CC BY 4.0
- An HDR image of Kirti Toran - Vadnagar, Anvesh Jadav, CC BY-SA 4.0
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