|  Jamnagar
is a well-laid out town in Saurashtra, once governed by the princely family
of Jadeja dynasty. The palace has a collection of Victorian paintings.
Right in the heart of the city, in the centre of a lake and approached
by a stone bridge are two magnificent buildings - the Kotha Bastion and
the Lakota Museum. One of the curiosities of the Kotha Bastion is an old
well the water of which can be obtained by blowing in a small hole in
the flooring of the building. The Lakota is a local museum displayed on
the terrace of the building. It has a fine collection of sculpture dating
from the 9th to the 18th century. There are also pictures and numismatic
galleries, pottery from Saurashtra, palaeolithic and neolithic finds from
the Narmada valley and a manuscript and epigraphic gallery with copper
plates and ancient inscriptions
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