Vadnagar is a town and municipality under Mehsana district of North Gujarat region of Gujarat state. Vadnagar is well connected by road transport, lies 90 km South of Gandhinagar and 110 km from Ahmedabad Airport. As an historical city it was known by various names such as Vridhanagar, Anandapur, Anartapur and Nagar.
The study of historical geography of the ancient India reveals that Vadnagar was situated at a strategic location where two major ancient trade routes crossed each other. One of them joined central India with the Sindh and further northwest regions while another connected the port towns on the Gujarat coast to northern India.
The ancient town of Vadnagar is an L-shaped town with Sharmishtha Lake located on its northeastern edge. Currently, it is a typical late mediaeval period Western Indian introvert town, built successively over the footprint of an ancient settlement whose ancientness stretches to more than 2700 years of constant occupation. The town along with the lake that defines the area of the property has an approximate area of 85.57 ha with its buffer area of approximately 597 ha.
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