Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
A hill fort Babur called the pearl among Indian fortresses — three kilometres of sandstone wall, a tiled palace, and the second-oldest written zero in the world.
Two days in the ravine country north of Gwalior: a circular yogini temple that may have inspired Parliament, two hundred reassembled eighth-century temples, and cheetah country in the Kuno grassland. Three Tier-4 and one Tier-3 site in 48 hours.
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
A hill fort Babur called the pearl among Indian fortresses — three kilometres of sandstone wall, a tiled palace, and the second-oldest written zero in the world.
Morena, Madhya Pradesh
A circular eleventh-century temple of 64 yogini shrines on a hilltop — widely said to be the model for the Indian Parliament building.
Morena, Madhya Pradesh
Around 200 small eighth-century temples rebuilt stone by stone from rubble, in Chambal ravine country, by an archaeologist who negotiated with dacoits to do it.
Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh
Grassland and kardhai forest in the Chambal valley, and the only place in India where you can look for cheetah.