Sihor

Sihor lies in the Gohilwad country of eastern Saurashtra, among low hills west of the Gulf of Khambhat. It served as a fortified capital of the Gohil rulers, whose palace and defences overlooked the surrounding town. In the sixteenth century the ruling house moved its seat here from Umrala. In 1723 Bhavsinhji founded a new coastal capital at Bhavnagar, but Sihor remained connected to the family’s earlier history and its inland territories.