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Region in Gujarat, India
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The museum covers a wide variety of topics from Buddhism, Jainism and its darshans, grammar, tantra and poetics to Vedas, agama to the different branches of Indian philosophy. It is learnt that this museum has the largest collection of Jain scripts which come around 75, 000 manuscripts with 500 illustrated versions and 45,000 printed books.
Mahatma Gandhi Ashram
By car
Most of the highways that connect Gujarat with the rest of India goes through this region.
By train
There are trains from and to Mumbai (500 km) and New Delhi (1000 km) and other big cities of India several times a day going to Ahmedabad and Vadodara.
As in the rest of Gujarat, most people in this region travel by private buses or by taxi, although getting around by train is possible. Ahmedabad and Vadodara are big stations in the Indian Railways Network.
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Ahmedabad (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ Amdāvād) is the seventh largest city in India with a population of 8.5 million. Although it is the commercial hub of one of the most prosperous states of India, Gujarat, it's not the state capital, which is its twin city of Gandhinagar, 30 km (19 mi) to the north.
Anand is a medium-sized city in Central Gujarat, popularly known as the "milk capital of India."
Dabhoi is a city and a municipality in Vadodara district in the state of Gujarat, India
Dholka is a historic city and municipality in Central Gujarat, India. Located 50 km southwest of Ahmedabad, Dholka offers a quiet escape into medieval Indo-Islamic architecture, Solanki-era stepped tanks, and rich mythological lore.
Khambhat (formerly Cambay) is in Gujarat, in Anand District at the inland end of the Gulf of Khambhat.
Nadiad is a city in the Kheda district of Gujarat, in Western India.
Vadodara (Gujarati: વડોદરા Vaḍodarā), also known as Baroda, is a city in Central Gujarat, India. It is named for the vaḍ (વડ, meaning "banyan") trees that flourish in the area.
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park is an historical archaeological park and one of India's UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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