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State museum housed in Akbar's 16th-century fort-palace in Ajmer, with sculpture, armoury and miniature paintings.
The Ajmer Government Museum occupies the Akbari Fort, a 16th-century Mughal fort-palace also known locally as the Magazine. Its galleries display stone sculptures of Hindu and Jain deities, arms and armour, miniature paintings and crafts, plus a children's gallery.
Within 1 km of Akbar's Fort.
Shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, one of South Asia's most visited Sufi pilgrimage sites.
palace in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
historic site in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
oldest mosque in the north of the Indian subcontinent
building in India
lake in India
Mosque in Ajmer.
Historic arch in Rajasthan, India
Massive 15th-century fort on a rock above Jodhpur's blue city, with one of India's best-run palace museums.
India's largest fort by area, a UNESCO hill fort on a 180 m mesa, central to Mewar's history of sieges and sacrifice.
Hilltop Rajput-Mughal palace-fort above Maota Lake in Amer, about 11 km north of Jaipur, best known for its mirror-work halls and ramparts.
Ridge-top military fort above Amber that guarded the Kachhwaha capital; home to the huge Jaivana cannon and long views over Amer.
Aravalli-ridge fort overlooking Jaipur, popular for sunset views and the Madhavendra Bhawan suites built for royal queens.
Golden-sandstone 12th-century 'living fort' on Trikuta hill, still home to thousands of residents, shops, temples and hotels.
15th-century Mewar fort in the Aravallis with a 36 km perimeter wall, one of the longest continuous walls in the world.
Late-16th-century ground-level fort in Bikaner with lavishly painted and gilded palace interiors.