The World Heritage Sites listing by UNESCO aims to promote the awareness and preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage around the world. UNESCO has inscribed 38 such sites in India, all of which are presented in this volume, together with commentary by architects and conservationists and stunning photographs. The cultural sites in India are a rich repository of the countrys long, layered history, bearing witness to the creativity and influence of multiple communities, crafts and religions. They range from the earliest periods of rock art, Buddhist caves and Hindu temples, via Sultanate and Mughal forts, palaces, tombs and memorials, medieval Hindu and Islamic cities, step-wells and observatories to Portuguese churches, Victorian and Art Deco ensembles and 20th-century industrial and modern heritage sites. The natural and mixed sites include national parks of exceptional natural beauty and sites of long interaction between people and the landscape.World Heritage Sites: Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, Gujarat Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Maharashtra Churches and Convents of Goa Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra Ellora Caves, Maharashtra Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, Himachal Pradesh Great Living Chola Temples, Tamil Nadu Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, Karnataka Hill Forts of Rajasthan Historic City of Ahmadabad, Gujarat Humayuns Tomb, Delhi Jaipur City, Rajasthan Kaziranga National Park, Assam Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Madhya Pradesh Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya, Bihar Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam Mountain Railways of Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks, Uttarakhand Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Rani-ki-Vav (the Queens Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat Red Fort Complex, Delhi Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh Sun Temple, Konârak, Odisha Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, Chandigarh The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai Western Ghats in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra
