Champaner

Champaner lay beneath the fortified Pavagadh hill in eastern Gujarat. In 1337 the Khichi Chauhan Rajputs held the hill fortress, which had steep flanks that made it one of Gujarat's strongest strongholds.

In 1482 Sultan Mahmud Begada of Gujarat besieged Pavagadh and took it in 1484 after twenty months, ending the rule of the Chauhan king Jayasimha. Begada rebuilt Champaner as his capital Muhammadabad. In 1535 the emperor Humayun stormed the fort during his campaign against Bahadur Shah.