Today we are very important topic of
General Knowledge that is UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Many times
question put on World Heritage Sites in India so you can learn this topic
properly. Check this list to crack the upcoming SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS.
1. Ellora Caves
Location: Maharashtra
Period: 600 to 1000 AD
World Heritage Site since: 1983
2. Ajanta Caves
Location: Maharashtra
Period: 2nd century BC to the 6th century
World Heritage Site since: 1983
3. Sun Temple, Konârak
Location: Puri District, Odisha
Period: 13th-century
World Heritage Site since: 1984
4. Taj Mahal
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Period: 17th century
World Heritage Site since: 1983
5. Agra Fort
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Period: 16th century
World Heritage Site since: 1983
6. Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Location: Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Period: 7th and 8th centuries
World Heritage Site since: 1984
7. Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Location: Madhya Pradesh
Period: 950 AD to 1050 AD
World Heritage Site since: 1986
8. Churches and Convents
Location: Goa
Period: 16th and 18th centuries
World Heritage Site since: 1986
9. Kaziranga National Park
Location: Assam
Period: 20th century
World Heritage Site since: 1985
10. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Location: Assam
Period: 20th century
World Heritage Site since: 1985
11. Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
Location: Bagalkot District, Karnataka
Period: 8th century
World Heritage Site since: 1987
12. Great Living Chola Temples
Location: Tamil Nadu
Period: 11th and 12th century
World Heritage Site since: 1987
13. Keoladeo National Park
Location: Bharatpur, Rajasthan
Period: 1981
World Heritage Site since: 1985
14. Elephanta Caves
Location: Maharashtra
Period: 5th to 8th centuries
World Heritage Site since: 1987
15. Sundarbans National Park
Location: West Bengal (India)
Period: 1939 and 1982
World Heritage Site since: 1987
16. Group of Monuments at Hampi
Location: Ballari district, Karnataka
Period: 14th and 16th centuries
World Heritage Site since: 1986
17. Fatehpur Sikri
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Period: 16th century
World Heritage Site since: 1986
18. Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Location: Madhya Pradesh
Period: 2nd and 1st centuries BC to
the 12th century AD
World Heritage Site since: 1989
19. Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
Location: Chamoli District,
Uttarakhand
Period: 1939 and 1982
World Heritage Site since: 1988, 2005
20. Mahabodhi Temple
Location: Bodh Gaya, Bihar
Period: 3rd century BC, 5th and 6th
century AD and 19th century 1
World Heritage Site since: 2002
21. Humayun’s Tomb
Location: Delhi
Period: 1572
World Heritage Site since: 1993
22. Qutub Minar
Location: Delhi
Period: Late 12th century
World Heritage Site since: 1993
23. Mountain Railways of India
Location:
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (1999),
Darjeeling, West Bengal
Nilgiri Mountain Railway (2005) Ooty,
Tamil Nadu
Kalka-Shimla Railway, Himachal Pradesh
(2008)
Period: 19th and early 20th
centuries
World Heritage Site since: 1999, 2005,
2008
24. Rock Shelters
Location: Bhimbetka, Madhya
Pradesh
Period: 30,000 years
World Heritage Site since: 2003
25. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Location: Maharashtra
Period: 1887–1888
World Heritage Site since: 2004
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