International Day for Monuments and Sites: 38 World Heritage Sites in India That You Need To Know

Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal is the important 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. The Red Fort of Agra is an imposing fortress that served as the main residence of their rulers during the era of the Mughal Empire.?

The earliest Buddhist cave monuments in Ajanta date back to the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. During the 5th and 6th centuries BC Gupta period, many more richly decorated caves were added to the original group.?

Nalanda University is located in the state of Bihar in northeastern India. The historical development of Nalanda bears witness to the development of Buddhism as a religion and the flourishing of monastic and educational traditions. Within the walls of this institution, knowledge has been continuously transmitted for 800 years.

About 40 km from Bhopal, the Sanchi site comprises a group of Buddhist monuments, all in different states of preservation, most of which date from the 2nd and 1st. centuries before Christ.

A hill fort from an ancient Hindu capital, and remains of the 16th century capital of the state of Gujarat. Dating back to between the 8th and 14th centuries, the site also includes, among other vestiges, fortifications, palaces, religious buildings, residential precincts, agricultural structures and water installations.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as Victoria Terminus in Mumbai. The terminal was built over 10 years, starting in 1878, according to a High Victorian Gothic design based on late medieval Italian models.

The churches and convents of Goa, the ancient capital of the Portuguese. These monuments influenced the spread of Manueline, Mannerist, and Baroque art forms in all Asian countries where missions were established.

The 'City of Caves,' on an island in the Sea of ??Oman near Bombay, contains a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva. At Elephanta Caves, Indian art has found one of its most perfect expressions, particularly the huge high reliefs in the main cave.

These 34 monasteries and temples, stretching for more than 2 km, are not far from Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Ellora, with its unbroken sequence of monuments dating back to 600 AD to 1000 AD, gives life to the civilization of ancient India.

Fatehpur Sikri, also called the "City of Victory", is located in Agra District in Uttar Pradesh. It was the first planned city of the Mughals but remained their capital for only some 10 years before they moved the capital to Lahore in 1585.