Kalinjar is a fortress-city in the
Bundelkhand region of central
India. Kalinjar is located in
Banda District of
Uttar Pradesh state, near the temple-city and
World Heritage Site of
Khajuraho. The fortress is strategically located on an isolated rocky hill at the end the
Vindhya Range, at an elevation of and overlooks the plains of Bundelkhand. It served several of Bundelkhand's ruling dynasties, including the
Chandela dynasty of
Rajputs in the 10th century, and the
Solankis of
Rewa. The fortress contains several temples dating as far back as the
Gupta dynasty of the 3rd-5th centuries.