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History of champaner
Champaner was founded by King Vanaraj Chavda of the Chavda dynasty. King Vanaraj ruled champaner in 8th century. Anhilpur-Patan was capital of Gujarat before champaner. The name champaner is said to have come from either the minister of royal court 'Champa’ or from the igneous rocks of Pavagadh, whose light-yellow color tinged with red gives the appearance of the champaka, or ‘flame of the forest’ flower.

The city and surrounding state of Pavagadh became an important buffer area between Mandu and Gujarat, as well as a key station on trades routes leading from Gujarat to both north and south India. Chauhan Rajput had captured champaner around 1300 AD and ruled almost next two hundred years.

Many attempts were made to capture Pavagadh by Gujarat Sultans. In 1484, Mahmud Begada succeed Pavagadh after laying siege to the city for twenty months. Mahmud Begada renamed champaner to Muhammadabad and renovated and enhanced the city for next twenty-three years. Champaner was no longer capital of Gujarat when Mahmud Begada shifted his capital to Ahmedabad. Later in 1535, it was conquered by the Mughal Emperor Humayun.

After champaner’s time as capital was not long, the city was declined for next four centuries. Champaner city was never given importance until 19th century, when the British took control of the area. They founded many monuments lost their heritage in champaner. Thereon champaner was become popular as heritage site.

Geography of champaner
Champaner city lays nearly 1.6 km to south from main body of the Pavagadh hill. It is located in between 22°30’00’’ N latitude and 73°30’00’’ E longitude and 40 km east of Vadodara and 67 km of Godhara. The champaner-pavagadh heritage site covers an area of more than 1,329 hectares (3,280 acres) with a buffer area of 2,812 hectares (6,950 acres). In addition to primary heritage zone covers 983.27 hectares (2,429.7 acres).