Started in 1710 by the Dev dynasty and vastly expanded under the 19th-century Dogras, this extensive complex of palace buildings is fascinating for both its scale and its startling state of semi-collapse. The only part that's currently accessible contains the Dogra Art Gallery , a museum featuring bronzes, armaments, instruments, 9th-century carvings and Kushan coins.
Renovation of the raja's impressive former 'foreign office' and Army Headquarters is nearing completion and that of the decrepit Royal Courts is due next but restoring the gigantic shattered Gol Ghar section, hidden at the rear, could take decades.
