Chunar’s claim to fame is that all the Ashoka’s inscriptions and pillars scattered throughout India were made of sandstone quarried from this place. These inscriptions are the most important written documents that inform us about the politico-social conditions of the 3rd century b.c., in India.

Attraction of Chunar Fort

There is also a famous fort at Chunar that every ruler coveted. One of the mightiest fortresses of medieval India, it caught the attention of Humayun, the Mughal Emperor, and Sher Shah, the Afghan ruler, drawing both to the battlefield with a common purpose –the fort had to be captured.