Every site, with the practical details

A hill fortress spread across a flat-topped sandstone plateau, holding palaces, temples and rock-cut sculpture within a single wall.

The Scindia residence and museum, famous for its Durbar Hall, gilded interiors and a pair of enormous crystal chandeliers.

The sandstone tomb of Tansen, the legendary musician of Akbar's court, set in a quiet walled garden beside the tomb of his teacher.

A pair of 11th-century Vishnu temples inside the fort, celebrated for tiered pillared halls and pierced stone screens.

A roughly 30-metre temple whose barrel-vaulted roof mixes north and south Indian building traditions.

Rows of monumental Jain Tirthankara statues carved directly into the sandstone flank of the fort hill.