The founder and the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Alexander Cunningham, had identified Anandapura with the town of Vadnagar.

35-415 CE), ('Satraps', descendants of provincial governors of the ancient Achaemenid Empire), 5) Hindu-Solankis, 6) Sultanate-Mughal (Islamic) to Gaekwad-British colonial rule (ca.

[5] Several ancient inscriptions and literary sources mention a town called Anartapura or Anandapura, identified as the area in and around the present-day Vadnagar.

The epic tale Mahabharata mentions the Anarta Kingdom in the northern part of present-day Gujarat.

The town is mentioned in the Tirtha Mahatmya section of the Nagara Khanda of the Skanda Purana, by the name of Chamatkarapura.

of the Western Kshatrapa King, Rudradaman I, mentions a region called "Anartha" (meaningless) in northern present-day Gujarat.

of the Paramara king record the granting of two villages in Gujarat area to the Nagar Brahmins, who originated from Anandapura.

[citation needed] Vadnagar's old town is found inside the walls of a fort with six gates: Kirti, Arjun, Nadiol, Amarthol, Ghaskol and Pithori.

[10] The climate in Vadnagar is generally cold during winters and hot in summers, with temperatures varying from 14 °C (57 °F) to as high as 42 °C (108 °F).

Other places include Tana-Riri garden and shrine, Gauri kund, Pancham Mehta's Vav (stepwell), Janjanio well, Baithakji of Gusaiji, an ancient library and a directional stone from the Solanki period.

[23] The Gujarat State Highway 56 (SH-56) passes through Vadnagar, that connects it directly with Mehsana, Visnagar and Ambaji.