Champaner

Champaner
Town
Champaner is located in Gujarat
Champaner
Champaner
Champaner
Champaner is located in India
Champaner
Champaner
Champaner (India)
Coordinates: 22°48′45″N 73°53′14″E / 22.81250°N 73.88722°E / 22.81250; 73.88722
Country India
StateGujarat
DistrictPanchmahal
Founded byVanaraja Chavda
Named forChampa Bhil
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,979
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationGJ 17

Champaner is a historical town in the state of Gujarat, in western India. It is located in Panchmahal district, 47 kilometres from the city of Vadodara. The city was briefly the capital of the Sultanate of Gujarat. At an early period Champaner was the seat of a Bhil dynasty.[1] Champaner was founded by King Champa Bhil.[2]

  1. ^ Bombay (Presidency) (1901). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Government central Press.
  2. ^ Cauhāna, Devasiṃha Nirvāṇa (1992). Cauhānoṃ kā br̥had itihāsa: Sāmbhara-Ajamera ke, Raṇathambhora ke, Nādolapālī ke Cauhāna; Jālaura ke Sonagirā, Sāñcora ke, Sāñcorā Ābū Candrāvatī, va Sirohī ke Devaṛa Khaṇḍelā, Khetaṛī, Prapūraṇā ke Nirvāṇa, Rāṭha, Nīmarānā, Hariyāṇā ke Cauhāna, Uttarapradeśa ke Cauhāna Joṛa Cauhāna, Mauhila, Cāhila, Bālesā, aṭhavā Bālauta Cauhāna, Kyāmakhānī Bhaṛauca (Gujarāta) ke prācīna Cauhāna, Dhvalapurī ke prācīna Cauhāna, Pratāpagaṛha ke Cauhāna Rāyabariyā aura Candāvara ke Cauhāna, U. Pra. ke Gīlhaṇa, yā Gīlhā Cauhāna, Naipāla Samrāṭa Mālhaṇa Cauhāna, ādi kā śaudhapūrṇa vivaraṇa loka devatā Gūgājī Jīṇamātā, Harshanātha (in Hindi). Bham̐vara Pr̥thvīrāja Siṃha Nirvāna Cauhāna.