Over the centuries Ahmedabad has had a number of periods of grandeur, each followed by decline. King Karandev - I, the Solanki ruler, had waged a war against the Bhil king of Ashaval. After his victory Karandev established the city called "Karnavati".

This Hindu Kingdom of Karnavati retained its importance till the early 15th century, when Gujarat fell to the Muslim Sultanate. In 1411, Sultan Ahmed Shah conquered Karnavati, and after his name Karnavati was renamed Ahmedabad.

The city was built in an open and spacious plain to the East of Sabarmati. It comprised of a smaller known fort-The Bhadra Fort. The city fort wall was enclosed containing twelve gates. Conditions in the city deteriorated by the time of the last Sultan, Muzaffar III, and the Mughal emperor Akbar conquered Gujarat in 1573.

The city went on expanding in every direction by the addition of new areas on both the sides of the river. Ahmedabad became one of the empire's thriving centres of trade, especially in textiles, which were exported as far as Europe. A famine in 1630 devastated the city. In 1753, the Marathas captured the city and ended Mughal rule in Ahmedabad.

Subsequently, the British East India company took over the city, established a military cantonment, a Municipal Government, and a railway link between Ahmedabad and Bombay, and incorporated the city into the Bombay Presidency.

Most of the old city walls have fallen but some monuments remain as striking examples of Indian Islamic architecture. The provincial Gujarati style flourished from the mid 15th century, and in addition to the religious buildings, many of the houses have facades beautifully decorated with woodcarvings.

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